{"id":6076,"date":"2014-07-30T07:02:17","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T07:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/?p=6076"},"modified":"2014-07-30T07:02:17","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T07:02:17","slug":"creating-a-learning-society-in-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/2014\/07\/30\/creating-a-learning-society-in-edinburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Learning Society in Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph E. Stiglitz will deliver the 2014 RSA Scotland Angus Millar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/rsa-scotland-angus-millar-lecture-2014-creating-a-learning-society-tickets-12286309683\">Lecture<\/a> on the topic of <em>Creating a Learning Society<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 The RSA\u2019s blurb says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It has long been recognised that most standard of living increases are associated with advances in technology, not accumulation of capital. \u00a0And it has also become clear that what separates developed from less developed countries is not just a gap in resources or output, but a gap in knowledge. \u00a0In fact, the pace at which developing countries grow is largely determined by the pace at which they can close that gap. \u00a0Thus, in understanding how countries grow and develop, it is essential to learn how they learn and become more productive, and what government can do to promote learning.<\/p>\n<p>Stiglitz will discuss this insight's significance for both economic theory and policy. \u00a0Elaborating on the themes of his new book with fellow Columbia University economist Bruce Greenwald, <em>Creating a Learning Society<\/em>, Stiglitz will explain why the production of knowledge differs from that of other goods, and why market economies alone are typically not efficient in the production and transmission of knowledge. \u00a0This perspective has implications for global trade regimes, industrial policy, and intellectual property regimes. \u00a0In fact, virtually every government policy has impact on learning \u2013 something that policy makers must acknowledge in both developing and advanced countries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It will be instructive to see the degree to which Stiglitz, who, for many, is something of a greenish guru, sets out\u00a0a sustainability framing for all this learning he's keen on. \u00a0After all, what subsequently gets done (and not done) is important \u2013 or is learning\u00a0morally neutral these days?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph E. Stiglitz will deliver the 2014 RSA Scotland Angus Millar Lecture on the topic of Creating a Learning Society.\u00a0\u00a0 The RSA\u2019s blurb says: It has long been recognised that most standard of living increases are associated with advances in...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comment","category-talks-and-presentations"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}