Nathan Rosenberg

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Nathan Rosenberg (* 22. November 1927 , † 24. August 2015 in Palo Alto , California ) was an American economist and - historian .

Career, research and teaching

Rosenberg graduated in 1955 as a Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin . This was followed by teaching positions until 1957 at Indiana University , until 1961 at the University of Pennsylvania and until 1964 at Purdue University . In 1967 he followed a call from Harvard University , but returned two years later to the University of Wisconsin. In 1974 he went to Stanford University .

In his work, Rosenberg deals on the one hand with the economic consequences of technical change and on the other hand with the economic role of the sciences. In the 1980s in particular, in collaboration with LE Birdzell , he developed a theory describing the causes of the Industrial Revolution , which explains why the Industrial Revolution originated in Western Europe.

In 1981 he was accepted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1996 he was awarded the Leonardo da Vinci Medal .

Rosenberg died on August 24, 2015 at the age of 87 in Palo Alto.

Works

The following list shows a selection of books published by Rosenberg, and she has also written numerous magazine articles and working papers.

  • How the West Grew Rich with LE Birdzell, 1986
  • Exploring the Black Box , 1994
  • Paths of Innovation with David Mowery , 1998
  • Schumpeter and the Endogeneity of Technology , 2001

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stanford Report: Nathan Rosenberg, Stanford professor and expert on the economic history of technology, dead at 87 . Stanford Report , September 1, 2015, accessed September 9, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Rosenberg, Nathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American economist and historian, university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1927
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 2015
Place of death Palo Alto , California