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Technological paradigms and technological trajectories – 1982

Giovanni Dosi – 1982 There is a recognised relationship between economic growth and technical progress; however the intimacies of the relationship includes technical development in relation to the market in…

Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach – July 1983

At a time when well-being was measured as either opulence (income) or utility (happiness, desire fulfilment), Amartya Sen introduced a more elaborate human development model that included social and psychological…

Last Child in the Woods

Richard Louv’s book, ‘Last Child in the Woods’ illustrates the alarming impact that a growing divide between children and the outdoors has had on childhood development and environmental outlooks. He…

First issue of the Whole Earth Catalog

“We are as gods, and might as well get good at it.” — Stewart Brand, The Whole Earth Catalog, 1968. A self-published occasional ecology magazine, which ran from 1968-1974 (with…

Joseph Schumpeter: Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy 1942

The work within this book has been an important building block towards the understanding of innovation. In this seminal book, Schumpeter first identified the notion of creative destruction. Schumpeter used…

“Scientific Research and Social Needs” by Julian Huxley, 1934

Julian Huxley’s book “Scientific Research and Social Needs“, which was published in 1934, deals with British science efforts, with particular reference to social needs. He sees science as a social…

Farmer First Revisited

In the context of current complex and urgent needs for agricultural innovation, effective research and development systems and efficient adaptation methods are required in both advanced and developing economies. This…

Introduction of the German Council for Sustainable Development

In April 2001 the Council for Sustainable Development, consisting of 15 councillors, was set up by the German Federal Government in order to contribute to implement the National Sustainability Strategy….

Dow Jones Sustainability Index in 1999

Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) is the longest-running of its kind, built by Sustainability Asset Management (SAM) and Dow Jones Index in 1999. A family of different indexes, its goal…