Kapitalismens Fremdrift Flashcards
Når var den industrielle revolusjonen?
1760
Hva kjennetegner den industrielle revolusjonen?
Omfattende sosiale, teknologiske, økonomiske forandringen som ble innledet med utvikling av arbeidseffektiviserende maskineri
Hva betyr teknologi
Økonomisk begrep forskjellige måter for å produsere samme ting. Inkluderer maskiner men er ikke enstydig med kun maskinvare
The Industrial Revolution according to CORE
An extraordinary flowering of radical invention that allowed the same output to be produced with less labour
Core: general purpose technologies
Teknologiske fremskritt som kan benyttes i flere sektorer. Som for eksempel informasjon og kommunikasjons og elektrisitet. I nyere tid er datamaskin et godt eksempel, fordi det påvirker mange sektorer i et samfunn
Technological progressi
A change in the technology that reduces the amount of resources (labour, machines, land, energy, time) required to produce a given amount of the output
CORE: How is capitalism characterised?
By a particular combination of institutions
CORE on defining capitalism
An economic system in which the main form of economic system is the firm. Where private owner of capital goods hire labour to produce goods and services for sale in the market to make a profit.
CORE What are the main economic instituerions in a capitalist economic system?
Private property, markets and firms
How does CORE define institutions?
The laws and informal rules that regulate social interactions among people and between people and the biosphere. It also referred to as the rules of the game
Capital goods
The durable and costly non labour inputs used in production; machinery, buildings.
Is capital goods private property
Yes
Who can own private property
Individual, family, a business, or some entity other than the government
What is a market
A means of transferring goods or services from one person to another.
CORE; markets are;
- A way of connecting people who may mutually benefit by exchanging goods and services through a process of buying and selling