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Can Economic Growth Be Sustained?

The Collected Papers of Vernon W. Ruttan and Yujiro Hayami

By: Vernon W. Ruttan,Yūjirō Hayami

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Can Economic Growth Be Sustained?

The Collected Papers of Vernon W. Ruttan and Yujiro Hayami

By: Vernon W. Ruttan,Yūjirō Hayami

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0199754357

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Agricultural Research Policy

By: Vernon W. Ruttan

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Agricultural Research Policy was first published in 1982.The ability to develop and manage an agricultural technology appropriate to a nation's physical and cultural endowments is the single most important variable in achieving an increase in productivity.In this book on issues of agricultural research policy, Vernon W. Ruttan, a former economist with wide experience in agricultural development, addresses the problem of how to maximize gains by rethinking the organization and goals of global, national, and local systems of agricultural research. Ruttan asserts that an effective research institution must relate its goals to the particular economic and political environment in which it operates and discusses the ethical and social consequences of technological change. He then reviews the criticisms that have been leveled against agricultural development and attempts to provide research scientists and managers a larger context within which to make responsible decisions.Agricultural Research Policy will be a valuable sourcebook for all involved in agricultural research: institute directors, officers of ministries, agencies, and foundations which fund research, and students in agricultural research administration. Elmer Kiehl, Executive Director of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development, says the book “will serve as a basic guideline for any country embarking on strengthening its capability.”

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U of Minnesota Press

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0816611025

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9780816611027

Is War Necessary for Economic Growth?

Military Procurement and Technology Development

By: Vernon W. Ruttan

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Is War Necessary for Economic Growth?

Military Procurement and Technology Development

By: Vernon W. Ruttan

Military and defense-related procurement has been an important source of technology development across a broad spectrum of industries that account for an important share of United States industrial production. In this book, the author focuses on six general-purpose technologies: interchangeable parts and mass production; military and commercial aircraft; nuclear energy and electric power; computers and semiconductors; the INTERNET; and the space industries. In each of these industries, technology development would have occurred more slowly, and in some case much more slowly or not at all, in the absence of military and defense-related procurement. The book addresses three questions that have significant implications for the future growth of the United States economy. One is whether changes in the structure of the United States economy and of the defense-industrial base preclude military and defense-related procurement from playing the role in the development of advanced technology in the future, comparable to the role it has played in the past. A second question is whether public support for commercially oriented research and development will become an important source of new general-purpose technologies. A third and more disturbing question is whether a major war, or the threat of major war, will be necessary to mobilize the scientific, technical, and financial resources necessary to induce the development of new general-purpose technologies. When the history of United States technology development in the next half century is written, it will focus on incremental rather than revolutionary changes in both military and commercial technology. It will also be written within the context of slower productivity growth than of the relatively high rates that prevailed in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s or during the information technology bubble that began in the early 1990s. These will impose severe constraints on the capacity of the United States to sustain a global-class military posture and a position of leadership in the global economy.

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Oxford University Press

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0198040652

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Policy For Agricultural Research

By: Vernon W Ruttan,Carl E Pray,Robert Evenson,Prabhu L Pingali

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Policy For Agricultural Research

By: Vernon W Ruttan,Carl E Pray,Robert Evenson,Prabhu L Pingali

The contributors to this volume, based on the Agriculture Research Seminars held annually at the University of Minnesota, examine the role of government, multinationals, and the emerging private sector (in both domestic and international contexts) in determining agricultural research policy.

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359

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CRC Press

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100030647X

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9781000306477

Can Economic Growth Be Sustained?

The Collected Papers of Vernon W. Ruttan and Yujiro Hayami

By: Vernon W. Ruttan,Yūjirō Hayami

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The Collected Papers of Vernon W. Ruttan and Yujiro Hayami

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Technology, Growth, and Development

An Induced Innovation Perspective

By: Vernon W. Ruttan,Regents Professor in the Department of Applied Economics and in the Department of Economics Vernon W Ruttan

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Technology, Growth, and Development

An Induced Innovation Perspective

By: Vernon W. Ruttan,Regents Professor in the Department of Applied Economics and in the Department of Economics Vernon W Ruttan

Technology, Growth, and Development uniquely presents the complexities of technical and institutional change on the foundation of modern growth theory. The author shows how the rates and directions of technical change are induced by changes in competitive funding and institutional innovations in the modern research university and industrial laboratory. In turn, technical change itself becomes a powerful source of institutional change. Organized by the author in four parts, the first-Productivity and Economic Growth-gives specific reasons for the slowing of productivity growth in the United States and other leading industrial countries during the last quarter of the twentieth century. In Part II-Sources of Technical Change-the author examines a host of economic factors that influence invention and innovation; the rate and direction of institutional change; and the adoption, diffusion, and transfer of technology. In Part III-Technical Innovation and Industrial Change-he traces the sources and impact of technical change in five strategically important industries: agriculture, electric power, chemical, computer, and biotechnology. The final section, Part IV-Technology Policy-evaluates the role of technical change in international competition, the role of science and technology in environmental policy, and the evolution of U.S. science and technology policy. Technology, Growth, and Development makes few mathematical demands on students, and will be used in courses within economics departments as well as management and public affairs. In addition, it will be required reading for professional economists, managers, and policy analysts at all levels.

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Oxford University Press on Demand

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0195118715

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Social Science Knowledge and Economic Development

An Institutional Design Perspective

By: Vernon W. Ruttan

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Social Science Knowledge and Economic Development

An Institutional Design Perspective

By: Vernon W. Ruttan

The central premise of this book is that the demand for social science knowledge is derived from the demand for institutional change." --pref.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472113550

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The Role of Demand and Supply in the Generation and Diffusion of Technical Change

By: Colin G. Thirtle,Vernon W. Ruttan

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The Role of Demand and Supply in the Generation and Diffusion of Technical Change

By: Colin G. Thirtle,Vernon W. Ruttan

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Psychology Press

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0415269342

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9780415269346

Sustainable Agriculture And The Environment

Perspectives On Growth And Constraints

By: Vernon W Ruttan

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Sustainable Agriculture And The Environment

Perspectives On Growth And Constraints

By: Vernon W Ruttan

This book explores the resource and environmental constraints on sustainable growth in agricultural production into the middle of the twenty-first century. It presents contemporary concerns with the implications of natural resource availability and environmental change.

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CRC Press

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1000313697

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Is War Necessary for Economic Growth?

Military Procurement and Technology Development

By: Vernon W. Ruttan

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Military Procurement and Technology Development

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Oxford University Press

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019029325X

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Agricultural Development

An International Perspective

By: Yūjirō Hayami,Vernon W. Ruttan

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Agricultural Development

An International Perspective

By: Yūjirō Hayami,Vernon W. Ruttan

Introduction; Problems and theory; Agriculture in economic development theories; Theories of agricultural development; Toward a theory of technical and institutional change; International comparisons; International comparisons of agricultural productivity; Sources of agricultural productivity differences among countries; Agricultural growth in the United States and Japan; Resource constraints and technical change; Science and progress in agriculture; Can growth be trasferred?; International transfer of agricultural technology; Technology transfer and land infrastructure; Retrospect and prospect; Growth and equity in agricultural development; Disequilibrium in world agriculture; Agricultural transformation and economic growth; Appendixes.

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Can Economic Growth Be Sustained?

Can Economic Growth Be Sustained?

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Is War Necessary for Economic Growth?

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Policy For Agricultural Research

Policy For Agricultural Research

Can Economic Growth Be Sustained?

Can Economic Growth Be Sustained?

Technology, Growth, and Development

Technology, Growth, and Development

Social Science Knowledge and Economic Development

Social Science Knowledge and Economic Development

The Role of Demand and Supply in the Generation and Diffusion of Technical Change

The Role of Demand and Supply in the Generation and Diffusion of Technical Change

Sustainable Agriculture And The Environment

Sustainable Agriculture And The Environment

Is War Necessary for Economic Growth?

Is War Necessary for Economic Growth?

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