Breakthrough

Preface

The Fourth Industrial Revolution continues to receive attention from a wide array of business leaders, investors, and senior public officials. To date, deep work has been largely limited to Karl Schwab and the World Economic Forum. Among economists, industrial revolution has been a central concept in the work of economic historians as 250 years of progress has been explored, most notably the 18th and 19th centuries’ industrial revolutions. However, among economists, not working in economic history, industrial revolution has received little attention. Consequently, the use of an industrial revolution framework as an analytical device is a novel contribution.

The purpose of this book is to understand the growth dynamics experienced across ...