Schumpeter and the Endogeneity of Technology: Some American Perspectives

by Nathan Rosenberg

Schumpeter's profoundly influential work developed the notion of the endogeneity of technology, and offered illuminating historical analyses of how and why some social systems have managed to generate innovation. This new interpretation explores Schumpeter's central ideas, and examines the ways in which the concept of endogeneity can illuminate recent American economic history.

136 pages, Unknown Binding

First published April 6, 2000

About the author

Dr. Nathan Rosenberg was an economist who specialized in the history of technology.

Rosenberg received Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1955, and taught at Indiana University (1955–1957), the University of Pennsylvania (1957–1961), Purdue University (1961–1964), Harvard University (1967–1969), the University of Wisconsin (1969–1974), and then Stanford University until his retirement.