Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Introduction xi
5. Selected Essays 1
6. The Changing Efficiency of the American Economy, 1869 to 1938 3
7. The size of Firm and the Growth of Knowledge 36
8. Catastrophe and Utilitarianism in the Development of Basic Science 47
9. Technological change and economic theory 60
10. Technological change and the Law of Industrial Growth1 70
11. Patent statistics 85
12. Editors' Note on Sources and Methods 87
13. Major Industrial Categories covered in Time Series 95
14. Time Series of Patents Classified by Industry, United States, 1837 to 1957 97
15. Industrial classification of patent office subclasses 245