The knowledge economy/society: the latest example of “Measurement without theory”?

The knowledge economy/society: the latest example of “Measurement without theory”?

The world has embraced a set of concepts (knowledge driven growth) which are seen as the ‘core of future growth and wellbeing’ without any commonly agreed notion of what they are, how they might be measured, and crucially therefore, how they actually do (or might) affect economic growth and social w...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:The journal of philosophical economics 2008, Vol.II (1), p.20-54
Hauptverfasser: Walker, Paul, Oxley, Les, Thorns, David, Wang, Hong
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Economy
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Social Sciences
Social Theory
Socio-Economic Research
Sociology
Special Branches of Philosophy
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:The world has embraced a set of concepts (knowledge driven growth) which are seen as the ‘core of future growth and wellbeing’ without any commonly agreed notion of what they are, how they might be measured, and crucially therefore, how they actually do (or might) affect economic growth and social wellbeing. The theory of how the mechanism works lacks important detail.
ISSN:1843-2298
1844-8208