Limits to the economy of knowledge and knowledge of the economy **.

From: Futures | Date: September 1, 2005| Author: Metcalfe, J.S.; Ramlogan, R. | Copyright information

Abstract

In this essay, we explore the view that the growth of knowledge is a complex evolutionary process. We pay particular attention to the division of knowing in a knowledge economy, to the restless nature of knowledge and to the principle of variation and selection that makes the growth of knowledge an evolutionary phenomenon. The foundations for this discussion are located in Adam Smith's suggestion that the most fundamental aspect of the division of labour is the ...

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