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Macroeconomics 8th Edition by David Colander

Edition 8ISBN: 978-0077398088
book Macroeconomics 8th Edition by David Colander cover

Macroeconomics 8th Edition by David Colander

Edition 8ISBN: 978-0077398088
Exercise 3
One of the specific problems socialist economies had was keeping up with capitalist countries technologically.
a.Can you think of any reason inherent in acentrally planned economy that would make innovation difficult?
b.Can you think of any reason inherent in a capitalist country that would foster innovation?
c.Joseph Scbumperer, a famous Harvard economist of the 1930s, predicted that as firms in capitalist societies grew in size, they would innovate less. Can you suggest what his argument might have been?
d.Schumperer's prediction did not come true. Modem capitalist economies have had enormous innovations. Can you provide explanations as to why?
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(a) In a centrally planned economy marke...

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