Universities in the Service of Truth and Utility: With Contributions by Edward Shils, Walter Rueegg, Antony Flew, Thomas Finkenstaedt, Roger Sruton, Ulrich Van Lith, Arthur Seldon, Marjorie Seldon, Alvin M. Weinberg and Gerard Radnitzky
Universities in the Service of Truth and Utility: With Contributions by Edward Shils, Walter Rueegg, Antony Flew, Thomas Finkenstaedt, Roger Sruton, Ulrich Van Lith, Arthur Seldon, Marjorie Seldon, Alvin M. Weinberg and Gerard Radnitzky
The word ???capital??? derives from the latin ???capitalis???, which stands for head, or mind, suggesting that real wealth has been seen as residing in knowledge and ideas. Today the so-called information revolution makes us aware that an increasing share of our wealth, our capital, is in knowledge, in software rather than in hardware. Financial markets are linked into networks that transmit data instantaneously, and ideas transgress national borders. In such an environment those institutions that are concerned with ...
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The word ???capital??? derives from the latin ???capitalis???, which stands for head, or mind, suggesting that real wealth has been seen as residing in knowledge and ideas. Today the so-called information revolution makes us aware that an increasing share of our wealth, our capital, is in knowledge, in software rather than in hardware. Financial markets are linked into networks that transmit data instantaneously, and ideas transgress national borders. In such an environment those institutions that are concerned with improving the nation's human capital will be of paramount importance.
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Publisher:
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Published:
1991
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16621301673
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Seller's Description:
Very Good + First edition, 1991. Hardcover, 204 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good+ copy, covers with some bumping or creasing to the tips and edges, no dust jacket. Signed and inscribed on the front flyleaf by editor/contributor Radnitzky.
