What motivated Robert Solow to investigate why some economies grow faster than others? After Solow returned home from Europe after World War II, he resumed his studies at Harvard University. It was ...

The leading thinker on economic growth, Robert Solow, famously quipped: "You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics." It's not easy to track the overall economic ...

Sure, he won a Nobel for his research on technology, productivity, and growth. But his legacy as a mentor is equally remarkable. Sure, he won a Nobel for his research on technology, productivity ...

HE doesn’t use e-mail—yet his name is inextricably linked with technological progress. An avid sailor who never strays far from shore, Robert Solow is one of the most adventurous minds in economics, ...

T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets Modern growth theory, which built on the Harrod-Domar model, was born in 1956 with Robert Solow's famous papers and will turn 50 this year. Even the "new" growth theory, ...