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=== On Productivity Paradox in Digital Age ===
=== On Productivity Paradox in Digital Age ===
<blockquote>"In the long run, the costs of education, health care, and other personal services will rise relative to manufactured goods."</blockquote>
"In the long run, the costs of education, health care, and other personal services will rise relative to manufactured goods."<ref name="ref_2012_p18_1">William Baumol, ''The Cost Disease'' (2012), p. 18, Yale University Press</ref>
—William Baumol, ''The Cost Disease'' (2012), p. 18, Yale University Press
 
=== On Labor Market Disruption from Automation ===
=== On Labor Market Disruption from Automation ===
<blockquote>"Productivity growth in personal services is inherently limited because they require human interaction."</blockquote>
"Productivity growth in personal services is inherently limited because they require human interaction."<ref name="ref_1966_p164_1">William Baumol, ''Performing Arts: The Economic Dilemma'' (1966), p. 164, Twentieth Century Fund</ref>
—William Baumol, ''Performing Arts: The Economic Dilemma'' (1966), p. 164, Twentieth Century Fund
=== On Creative Destruction in AI Era ===
"Innovation is the defining characteristic of entrepreneurship."<ref name="ref_2002_p1_1">William Baumol, ''The Free-Market Innovation Machine'' (2002), p. 1, Princeton University Press</ref>
=== On Productivity Paradox in Digital Age ===
"The cost disease is real and unavoidable in labor-intensive services."<ref name="ref_2012_p45_1">William Baumol, ''The Cost Disease'' (2012), p. 45, Yale University Press</ref>
=== On Network Effects and Platform Monopolies ===
"Oligopolistic competition drives innovation more than perfect competition."<ref name="ref_2002_p156_1">William Baumol, ''The Free-Market Innovation Machine'' (2002), p. 156, Princeton University Press</ref>


== References ==
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Latest revision as of 21:04, 12 August 2025

William Baumol[edit]

Biography[edit]

American economist (1922-2017), known for Baumol's cost disease theory.

School of Thought[edit]

Microeconomics

Notable Quotes[edit]

On Productivity Paradox in Digital Age[edit]

"In the long run, the costs of education, health care, and other personal services will rise relative to manufactured goods."[1]

On Labor Market Disruption from Automation[edit]

"Productivity growth in personal services is inherently limited because they require human interaction."[2]

On Creative Destruction in AI Era[edit]

"Innovation is the defining characteristic of entrepreneurship."[3]

On Productivity Paradox in Digital Age[edit]

"The cost disease is real and unavoidable in labor-intensive services."[4]

On Network Effects and Platform Monopolies[edit]

"Oligopolistic competition drives innovation more than perfect competition."[5]

References[edit]

  1. William Baumol, The Cost Disease (2012), p. 18, Yale University Press
  2. William Baumol, Performing Arts: The Economic Dilemma (1966), p. 164, Twentieth Century Fund
  3. William Baumol, The Free-Market Innovation Machine (2002), p. 1, Princeton University Press
  4. William Baumol, The Cost Disease (2012), p. 45, Yale University Press
  5. William Baumol, The Free-Market Innovation Machine (2002), p. 156, Princeton University Press