Table of Contents

Contents: Preface by Chris Freeman Introduction: An Interpretation Part I: Technological Revolutions as Successive Great Surges of Development 1. The Turbulent Ending of the Twentieth Century 2. Technological Revolutions and Techno-Economic Paradigms 3. The Social Shaping of Technological Revolutions 4. The Propagation of Paradigms: Times of Installation, Times of Deployment 5. The Four Basic Phases of Each Surge of Development 6. Uneven Development and Time-Lags in Diffusion Part II: Technological Revolutions and the Changing Behavior of Financial Capital 7. Financial Capital and Production Capital 8. Maturity: Financial Capital Planting the Seeds of Turbulence at the End of the Previous Surge 9. Irruption: The Love Affair of Financial Capital with the Technological Revolution 10. Frenzy: Self-Sufficient Financial Capital Governing the Casino 11. The Turning Point: Rethinking, Regulation and Changeover 12. Synergy: Supporting the Expansion of the Paradigm Across the Productive Structure 13. The Changing Nature of Financial and Institutional Innovations Part III: The Recurring Sequence, its Causes and Implications 14. The Sequence and its Driving Forces 15. The Implications for Theory and Policy Epilogue: The World at the Turning Point Bibliography Index

About the Author

Carlota Perez, Faculty of Social Science, Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Reviews

'Essential reading for all concerned with these specialist, but critically important issues.'
*Long Range Planning*

'It [this book] is one of the most interesting histories of technology, if not the most informative, because it dwells on the dynamics of the technology/social/economic systems itself. . . Most tomes with theoretical goals like this are horribly dry, dense, wordy, and well. . .boring. This book is not. Perez writes with vigor, and grace, not taking an extra unneeded word, and not repeating herself. . . like a great many other seminal books, it is easily read by anyone truly interesting in how technology works.'
*Kevin Kelly, Wired Magazine*

'. . . one of the most enjoyable economics books I have read for some time. . . this is a rich and detailed argument. . . a thought provoking read.'
*Mardi Dungey, Economic Record*