Archive for February 7th, 2011

Technology Drives History, It Just Doesn’t Drive it Very Far
by Marshall Poe

By ⋅ February 7, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Here’s an interesting thing. Many professors despise the idea that technology drives history. “Technological determinism,” they say, is a cardinal intellectual mistake like belief in the tooth fairy. No right-thinking member of Club Academe would or should embrace it. In contrast, most regular folks intuitively believe that technology drives history.

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The Israeli Economy: Hi-tech, Gas, Dutch Disease and More
by Paul Rivlin

By ⋅ February 7, 2011 ⋅ One comment

The Israeli economy is characterized by extremes: fast growth, sophisticated technological development, large defense spending as well as poverty and inequality. The discovery of very large gas reserves in Israeli territorial waters means that more resources will be available to tackle socio-economic problems but it has also sparked discussion of the Dutch Disease.

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