The Industrial Revolution: past and future

Robert Lucas

Annual Report, 2004, vol. 18, issue May, 5-20

Abstract: \\"We live in a world of staggering and unprecedented income inequality,\\" writes Nobel Laureate Robert Lucas in the 2003 annual report essay. Lucas goes on to use economic history to frame explanations and present possible solutions to this global quandary.

Keywords: Industrial organization (Economic theory); Productivity; Lucas, Robert E.; Income distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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