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- 2.5 The Essentials of a Creative Economy: Ideas and Human Capital
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Contents
- Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 A Birdś-Eye View of the Economy and Economics -- Chapter 2 What a Creative Economy Is and How It Works -- Chapter 3 Creativity and Intellectual Property -- Chapter 4 Innovation Environment -- Chapter 5 Microeconomic Aspects of Innovation -- Chapter 6 Looking to the Near Future -- Chapter 7 Looking to the Distant Future -- Appendices -- Appendices to Chapter 1 -- Appendices to Chapter 2 -- Appendices to Chapter 3 -- Appendix to Chapter 4 -- Appendix to Chapter 5 -- Appendix to Chapter 6 -- Appendices to Chapter 7
- Afterthought -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1: A Birdś-eye View of the Economy and Economics -- 1.1 What Is an Economy? -- 1.1.1 Economic Agents, Prices and Profits -- 1.1.2 Performance, Strong Economy, Weak Economy -- 1.1.3 Scarcity and Choice -- 1.1.4 The Economy as a Complex Variable System -- 1.1.5 Time Travelling -- 1.1.5.1 First Industrial Revolution -- 1.1.5.2 Second Industrial Revolution -- 1.1.5.3 Third Industrial Revolution -- 1.1.5.4 Fourth Industrial Revolution -- 1.1.6 Technological Progress and the Profit Motive -- 1.2 What Is Economics?
- 1.2.1 Macroeconomics and Microeconomics -- 1.2.2 Thinking in General -- 1.2.3 Thinking Like an Economist -- 1.2.4 Economic Models -- 1.2.5 Selecting Tools -- 1.2.6 Two Different Kinds of Models -- 1.2.6.1 Two Types of Imaginary Humans -- 1.2.7 Progress in Economics -- 1.3 Guiding Insights -- 1.3.1 Insight : Economies Are Complex and Evolving Systems -- 1.3.2 Insight : Models Are Necessary -- 1.3.3 Insight : Material Incentives Matter -- 1.3.4 Insight : Prices and Profits Decide the Allocation of Resources -- 1.3.5 Insight : Innovation Is a Prime Mover of the Modern Economy
- 1.4 Economic Predictions -- 1.5 Chapter Summary -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Innovation as a Problem Area of Economics -- Pitfalls with the Standard Definition of Economics -- A Working Definition of Economics -- Innovation as a Problem Area: Logical Justification -- Innovation and Mainstream Economics -- List of Problem Areas: Incomplete and Open -- Appendix B: The Invisible Hand and Innovation -- Physiocrats -- Adam Smith -- Wealth of Nations -- Invisible Hand Passage -- Invisible Hand: Context and Individuals Alluded -- Reasonable Income Distribution: Not Guaranteed
- Darwinism and the Invisible Hand -- Summary -- Curious Interpretation -- Selected References -- Chapter 2: What a Creative Economy Is and How It Works -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Defining Characteristics of a Creative Economy -- 2.2.1 Creative Economy -- 2.2.2 Creative Society -- 2.3 A Narrative Model of Economic Evolution -- 2.3.1 Stylized Economies -- 2.3.2 Porter Development Path -- 2.4 Innovation as an Economic Activity: Background Model -- 2.4.1 Dimension 1: Creativity -- 2.4.2 Dimension 2: Intellectual Property -- 2.4.3 Dimension 3: Innovation Environment
- ISBN
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- 10.1007/978-981-15-1
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- om366139151
- Author
Fernández-Pol, Jorge Eduardo.
- Title
Understanding the creative economy and the future of employment [electronic resource] / Jorge Eduardo Fernandez-Pol, Charles Harvie.
- Imprint
Singapore : Springer, 2020.
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text
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computer
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online resource
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
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Harvie, Charles, 1954-
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Print version: Fernandez-Pol, Jorge Eduardo Understanding the Creative Economy and the Future of Employment Singapore : Springer,c2020 9789811516511
- Other Standard Identifier
10.1007/978-981-15-1