An important problem facing the standard economic theory of today, is that the countries which grew rich did so in the wrong way. In the neo-classical world, additional created wealth is supposed to spread through lowered prices. In a world with perfect information and no economies of scale,...

In economic theory there are three main developments which we find are of potential importance to development geography: First of all, the mainstream neo-classical paradigm is being challenged from a growing school under the heading of 'Evolutionary' or 'Schumpeterian' economics, with roots in...

The aim of this paper is to show that the dynamics of Schumpeterian economics, in addition to explain the creation of wealth, also implicitly contain the elements of a theory of relative poverty. It is argued that the German tradition of economics, of which Schumpeter is a part, has always...

Service- eller tjenestesektoren beskjeftiger idag størstedelen av befolkningen både i alle industriland og i de fleste 'gamle' utviklingsland . I Norge arbeider 71 % av alle sysselsatte i tjenestesektoren i videste forstand - 42 % i privat tjenestesektor og 29 % i staten. Hvorfor, spørres det...

Til tross for sin enkelhet, grenser tittelen på dette notatet tilsynelatende til det arrogante i sitt ambisjonsnivå. Spørsmålsstillingen er imidlertid helt fundamental dersom man ønsker å forstå regionalpolitikk: Hva er det som gjør at problemet med ujevn vekst mellom geografiske...