Knowledge: Its Creation, Distribution and Economic Significance, Volume I: Knowledge and Knowledge Production

by Fritz Machlup

Overview

With this first of eight volumes, the eminent economist Fritz Machlup launches his monumental inquiry into the production of knowledge as an economic activity. Volume I presents the conceptual framework for this inquiry and falls into three parts: Types of Knowledge, Qualities of Knowledge, and Knowledge as a Product.

Originally published in 1981.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691615554
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	07/14/2014
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library , #741
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

• FrontMatter, pg. i
• Contents, pg. v
• Analytical Table Of Contents, pg. vii
• Preface, pg. xiii
• The Story Of This Work, pg. xv
• 1. Introduction, pg. 1
• 2. The Known and the Knowing, pg. 27
• 3. Mundane, Scientific, Humanistic, Artistic, and Other Classes of Knowledge, pg. 59
• 4. Alternative Classifications of Knowledge, pg. 101
• 5. Truth, Beauty, and Goodness, pg. 113
• 6 Other Standards of Quality, pg. 125
• 7 Notions of Negative Knowledge, pg. 144
• 8. Choosers And Users Of Knowledge, pg. 155
• 9. Stocks And Flows Of Knowledge, pg. 161
• 10. The Economic Cost of Knowledge, pg. 178
• 11. Transmission and Reception, pg. 186
• 12. Consumption, Investment, Intermediate Product, pg. 193
• 13. Uses, Value, and Benefits of Knowledge, pg. 202
• 14. Knowledge Industries and Knowledge Occupations, pg. 225
• List Of Pages With Lines Of Text Retained From The 1962 Volume, pg. 242
• Index, pg. 245