Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. CHAPTER 1. Introduction: The Engine of Free-Market Growth 1
5. PART I. THE CAPITALIST GROWTH MECHANISM
6. CHAPTER 2. The “Somewhat Optimal” Attributes of Capitalist Growth: Oligopolistic Competition and Routinization of Innovation 19
7. CHAPTER 3. Oligopolistic Rivalry and Routinization to Reduce Uncertainty 30
8. CHAPTER 4. Oligopolistic Rivalry and Routine Innovation Spending: Theory of the Engine of Unprecedented Capitalist Growth 43
9. CHAPTER 5. Independent Innovation in History: Productive Entrepreneurship and the Rule of Law 55
10. CHAPTER 6. Voluntary Dissemination of Proprietary Technology: Private Profit, Social Gain 73
11. CHAPTER 7. Oligopolistic Rivalry and Markets for Technology Trading 93
12. CHAPTER 8 Tradeoff: Innovation Incentives versus Benefits to Others (Distributive Externalities) 120
13. PART II. INTEGRATION OF INNOVATION INTO THE MAINSTREAM OF MICROTHEORY
14. CHAPTER 9. Oligopolistic Competition, Pricing, and Recoupment of Innovation Outlays 151
15. CHAPTER 10. Microeconomic Theory of Industrial Organization in the “Innovation-Machine” Economy 161
16. CHAPTER 11. Recouping Innovation Outlays and Pricing Its Products: Continued 183
17. CHAPTER 12. Models of Optimal Timing of Innovation 199
18. CHAPTER 13. Licensing for Profit: Efficiency Implications 215
19. PART III. ON THE MACRODYNAMICS OF CAPITALISM
20. CHAPTER 14. Capitalism’s Unique Innovation Machine: Historical Evidence 245
21. CHAPTER 15. Macroeconomic Models and Relationships That May Limit Growth 262
22. BIBLIOGRAPHY 299
23. INDEX 307