Taking as reference the long-wave theory, in this paper we try to give a fully endogenous explanation of the factors triggering the technological revolutions – one of the main causes of a new long upswing. We extend the traditional macro and meso economic analysis by presenting a behavioural...

The paper starts by reviewing a recent contribution on long-waves, in order to recall the essential points of a theory that, better than any other, is able to explain the long term development of capitalist economies. Considering that the present technological revolution in ICT is part of the...