Introduction
Thisbookavoidsmanystaleconceptsandformalarguments.Onthebasisofcollecting,classifyingandinterpretingalargeamountofnovelinformation,itproposesmanyoriginaldefinitionsandprofoundTheargument.Ithasbeenuniversallywelcomedbyreaderssuchaseconomists,educators,andjournalists.
AftertheEnglishversionofthisbookwasreleased,ithasbeentranslatedintomanylanguagesandpublishedinmanycountriesaroundtheworld.ItisrecommendedinnewspaperssuchasScienceQuarterly,anditisbelievedthatitwillhaveaprofoundenlighteningeffectonthefutureresearchoftheknowledgeindustry.
In"KnowledgeProductionandDistributionintheUnitedStates",theauthordescribedvariousaspectsandscalesoftheknowledgeproductionindustry,pointedoutsomeofitsstrengthsandweaknesses,andintroducedtothepublicapreviouslyunknownone.Superindustry.
Abouttheauthor
FritzMachlupisanemeritusprofessoratPrincetonUniversityandaprofessorofeconomicsatNewYorkUniversity.Heisproficientinmultiplelanguages,inadditiontopublishingavarietyofeconomicsbooksinEnglish.TherearealsomanyacademicworkswritteninGerman,French,ItalianandSpanish.
BookCatalog
ChapterOneIntroduction
SectionOneEconomistasaKnowledgeProductionScholar
SectionTwoRelatedTerminologySuggestions
Thethirdsectionwearefacing
Chaptertwoknowledgeandthevarioustypesofknowledgeproduction
ThefirstsectionhasalreadyknownandiscurrentlyrecognizingKnown
Section2ClassificationofKnowledge
Section3VariousMethodsofProducingKnowledge
Section4Asconsumptionobject,investmentobjectorascostKnowledgeofknowledge
ChapterIIIKnowledgeProductionIndustryandKnowledgeProductionOccupation
Section1KnowledgeIndustry
Section2VariousIndustriesandVariousKindsofKnowledgeProductionCareer
Section3Company,IndustryandtheWholeEconomy
Chapter4Education
Section1LocationandMethodofOperation
Section2FamilyEducation
Section3On-the-jobTraining
Section4ChurchEducation
Section5ArmyEducation
Section6PrimaryEducationandSecondaryEducation
Section7HigherEducation
Section8IgnoredCostItems
Section9TotalCostofEducation
Theproductivityofthetenthsectionofeducation
Theeleventhsectionoftheefficiencyofeducation
Thetwelfthsectionofaschoolreformplan
FifthChapterResearchandDevelopment
SectionOneTypesofResearchandDevelopmentWork
SectionTwoResearchandDevelopmentCosts
SectionThreeInventionsandCreationsAndpatentprotection
SectionIVResearch,CompanyScaleandCompetition
SectionVIdeasintheInventionProcess
SectionVIResearchasNationalEconomicProducts
SectionVIIResearchProductivity
SectionVIIIIndustrialResearchandCultivationofFutureResearchers
SectionIXBasicResearchandHigherEducation
ChapterSixMedia
SectionOnePrintedItems
SectionTwoCamerasandSounds
SectionThreeStagesandMovies
Section4RadioBroadcasting
Section5AdvertisingandPublicRelations
Section6Telephone,TelegraphandPostalServices
Section7Meeting
ChapterSevenInformationMachines
SectionOneInformationMachinesUsedinKnowledgeIndustry
SectionTwoSignalEquipment
SectionThreeEquipmentformeasurement,observationandcontrol
Section4OfficeInformationMachine
Section5ElectronicComputer
Chapter8InformationService
Section1Thebroadconceptofknowledgeindustry
Section2Variousprofessionalknowledgeservices
Section3Informationandfinancialservicesasjointproducts
ThefourthsectionwholesaleInformationservicesinbusiness
Section5Othervariousserviceindustries
Section6:Governmentasaknowledgeindustry
Chapter9TotaloutputvalueofknowledgeandGrossNationalProduct
Section1DifferencesinTechnologyandOrganization
Section2KnowledgeProductionbyIndustryintheUnitedStatesin1958
Section3KnowledgeProductionandEconomicGrowth
SectionIVGrowthRateofKnowledgeIndustry
ChapterTenKnowledgeProductionandOccupationStructure
Index
TranslationPostscript
Editor'sRecommendation
Thisbookisanimportantinterdisciplinaryresearchacademicwork,withrichstatisticsandinformation,conciseandhighlyreadable.Itavoidsmanystaleconceptsandformalarguments,andonthebasisofcollecting,classifyingandinterpretingalargeamountofnovelinformation,itputsforwardmanyoriginaldefinitionsandprofoundarguments.Ithasbeenwidelywelcomedbyeconomists,educators,journalistsandreaders.
AftertheEnglishversionofthisbookwasreleased,ithasbeentranslatedintomanylanguagesandpublishedinmanycountriesaroundtheworld.ItisrecommendedinnewspaperssuchasScienceQuarterly,anditisbelievedthatitwillhaveaprofoundenlighteningeffectonthefutureresearchoftheknowledgeindustry.