Christopher Freeman

Freeman and Lourca present an overview of technological progress, a process they describe through Kondratiev Waves, repeating cycles of economic development based on some fundamental technology and its offshoots. From water power and iron in Britain, to the modern computer revolution, these fundamental technologies have drastically reshaped economies. "As Time Goes By" explores five Kondratiev Waves, as well as the history of cliometric. While a little dated, this is still an essential book show more for anyone interested in the history of innovation. show less

Hailed by some as an "intellectual bombshell" and decried by others as unprofessional sensationalism, The Limits to Growth has created a stir throughout the world. Dennis L. Meadows, its main author, and his mentor Jay Forrester are MIT system analysts whose work represents the most ambitious attempt so far to bring together forecasts of population growth, pollution, resource depletion, food supply, and industrial output into a general model of the world's future. (Google Books)

For those who are truly interested in understanding change in capitalist economies, and in untangling the connections linking economic, social, technological, and institutional change, this is a 'must read.' I would be interested in hearing from and exchanging ideas with others who have read it, as well as those who have read the works of Carlota Perez -- a collaborator of Freeman's who is (I think) the leading contemporary neo-Schumpeterian theorist.