Measuring Technology Sophistication in Guyana

Terence M. Yhip () and Brian Alagheband ()

Chapter Chapter 7 in Contemporary Challenges for Caribbean Economies, 2024, pp 295-341 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Let’s clarify a point on economics methodology and scientific inquiry at the outset. We are not claiming that everything worth knowing about technological progress can and must be reduced to numerical measurements; indeed, the previous chapters should convince you that economic science is still struggling to explain technical progress, or the SolowSolow, Robert M. residual after almost 7 decades of extensive and ongoing research (books and articles) that could fill an entire library.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-57492-4_7

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