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Reviews, blogs and other links

Reviews in blogs and business journals - Academic reviews

Reviews in blogs and business journals

Bill Chamberlin (IBM)

Link: http://www.theinfoboom.com/articles/cloud-computing-is-enabling-the-next-phase-of-the-internet-evolution/

Brad Stone (New York Times)

Link: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/carlota-perez/

Brian Arthur

Link: http://www.ebusinessforum.gr/old/content/downloads/IstheInformationRevolutionDead.pdf

Fred Wilson’s blog, AVC (VentureCapitalist, Union Square Ventures)

Link: http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/05/technological-revolutions-and-financial-capital.html

Link: http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/10/required-reading-for-the-carlota-perez-interview.html

Irving Wladawsky-Berger (ex-Vice President for Technology at IBM)

Link: http://blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2011/10/unleashing-the-next-age-of-prosperity.html

Link: http://blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2011/03/a-time-of-institutional-recomposition.html#more

Link: http://blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2009/04/a-historical-perspective-on-the-financial-crisis.html

Link: http://blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2005/08/anticipating_th.html

Nick Hughes (entrepreneur)

Link: http://www.businessinsider.com/bubbles-and-golden-ages-2011-5

Link: http://soentrepreneurial.com/2011/05/24/bubbles-and-golden-ages/

Steve Hamm (Bloomberg Businessweek)

Link: http://www.businessweek.com/blogs/globespotting/archives/2008/01/carlota_perez
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Academic reviews

'This is a fascinating book, well worth reading, and reflecting on.'

Review in The Journal of Socio- Economics, August 2003 by Richard R. Nelson, George Blumenthal Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, US

'Perez provides a fresh analysis of technological, financial and social booms and busts in an engaging and refreshing way. The book weaves a compelling new fabric of observation and theory, and shows that something can be done to learn from, anticipate, and deal constructively with the tribulations of interlinked technological, economic and social change. It does so concisely and in an idiom that bridges abstract economic theory with tangible human history and experience. If it is brought to their attention - as it should - this compact book will give hope to those scholars, students and policy analysts who wonder what really happened in the cybertechnology/internet gold-rush prior to 2001 and what could possibly lie ahead.'

From 'Ships, chips and whatever is next', review in Science and Public Policy, October 2002, pp. 397-8 by Morley Lipsett, Centre for Policy Research on Science and Technology,
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

'I remain a skeptic. What remains, in any case, is a series of provocative ideas on interactions among technological innovations, financial markets, and social institutions.'

Review in The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 63, No. 2, Jun., 2003, pp. 615-616. Douglas J. Puffert, University of Warwick

'I tremendously enjoyed reading this book both because of the topic that Carlota Perez investigates, and because of the way the investigation is carried out.'

Bertrand M. Roehner, University of Paris 7, EH.NET, Economic History Services Book Reviews

'The financial captains - in Tom Wolfe's memorable phrase, "the Masters of the Universe" - would be well-served by this dose of history. So, too, would the leaders of productive capital, as they struggle to add value in a frenzy of financial speculation. And as for policy-makers, the answer is obvious - Perez's insights are not just important; they are urgent...
'Do read the book. It is important. It is accessible. It is well presented. Its also fun.'

Raphie Kaplinsky, IDS, University of Sussex and CENTRIM, University of Brighton, UK from Review in Technovation n

'…a book that will stretch the imagination, broaden the horizons, and challenge the thinking of the business economist immersed in his daily tasks, this book is worth time invested in reading it.'

Book review Oct, 2003, Business Economics. Edmund A. Mennis, Investment Management Consultant, Palos Verdes Estates, California.

'…filled with exactly the same enthusiasm and considered thought that enlivens her conversation. It is one of the most enjoyable economics books I have read for some time.'

Book Review in Economic Record, September 2004, 80 (250), p.354-355. Mardi Dungey, Economics Division, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Deputy-Director Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University.