88-391 Transformative Experiences

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

The importance of economic growth is difficult to overstate. The more than tenfold increase in income in the United States over the last century is the result of economic growth. So is the fact that incomes in the United States and Western Europe are at least thirty times greater than incomes in much of SubSaharan Africa. Economic research has clearly identified technological innovation as the engine of longrun economic growth. This course seeks to provide students with analytical frameworks that will enable them to understand the economic growth process, the role that technological innovation plays in that process, and the policies and institutions that can enhance and sustain technological innovation in industrialized societies.

Prerequisites: none listed

Offered: Spring 2027

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