David Landes

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gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:academicAdvisor gptkb:Robert_Fogel
gptkb:Douglass_North
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:awards National Humanities Medal
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Paris
gptkbp:birthDate 1924-04-01
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contribution Exploration of the relationship between technology and economic growth
Studies on economic development
Analysis of the role of institutions in economic development
Research on the impact of globalization on economies
Examination of the impact of geography on economic outcomes
Analysis of industrialization
Critique of economic determinism
Insights into the history of capitalism
Research on the role of culture in economics
Analysis of the economic implications of technological change
Studies on the relationship between innovation and economic growth
Research_on_the_economic_history_of_the_Great_Depression
Analysis_of_the_economic_history_of_Asia
Analysis_of_the_economic_history_of_World_War_II
Research_on_the_economic_history_of_Africa
Research_on_the_economic_history_of_the_Cold_War.
Studies_on_the_economic_history_of_Europe
Studies_on_the_economic_history_of_Latin_America
Studies_on_the_economic_history_of_post-war_Europe
Studies_on_the_economic_history_of_the_Industrial_Revolution
Research_on_the_economic_history_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 2018-12-16
gptkbp:field Economics
History
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy Cultural history
Economic history
Technology and society
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label David Landes
gptkbp:influenced Sociologists
Economic historians
Historians of technology
Public policy scholars
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Adam_Smith
gptkb:Max_Weber
gptkb:Karl_Marx
gptkb:Joseph_Schumpeter
gptkbp:knownFor Economic history
gptkbp:nationality American
Jewish
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Richard_N._Cooper
gptkb:David_A._Lake
David_S._Landes
gptkbp:notableWorks The Unbound Prometheus
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
gptkbp:occupation Author
Historian
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:spouse Ruth_Landes