Abstract

According to Christopher Freeman technological revolutions play a key role in capitalist development. In this article, we ask to what extent more recent developments are consistent with the perspective advanced by Freeman. We focus on two issues in particular, the climate challenge and what has been dubbed “A Fourth Industrial Revolution” that is, advances in artificial intelligence and the proliferation of the internet of things.

中文翻译：

---

创新扩散，经济与当代挑战：评论

摘要

根据克里斯托弗·弗里曼（Christopher Freeman）的观点，技术革命在资本主义发展中起着关键作用。在本文中，我们将询问更多最新的进展在何种程度上与Freeman提出的观点相一致。我们特别关注两个问题，即气候挑战和被称为“第四次工业革命”的问题，即人工智能的进步和物联网的扩散。