Technological foundations of cyclical economic growth

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Basic Concepts -- 2. The Nineteenth Century's Legacy: Invention and Discovery to 1910 -- 3. Innovation and Prosperity: 1900-1930 -- 4. Technology and Depression -- 5. Materials: Enablers in the Twentieth Century -- 6. Government Fostering of Invention/Innovation after 1940 -- 7. Government Regulation and Technology -- 8. Computers and Other Electronics -- 9. Light -- 10. Medical and Related Technology -- 11. On Technology and the Postwar Economy -- 12. Technologies that Develop Slowly -- 13. On Invention and Innovation -- 14. On Choice among New Technologies -- 15. Conclusions and Policy Implications -- Bibliography -- Index