Vi segnalo un interessante articolo di storia economica che cerca di analizzare e misurare gli effetti dell'introduzione della stampa sulla vita economica europea. Ovviamente la storia può dare spunti al presente... Information technology and economic change: The impact of the printing press Jeremiah Dittmar Despite the revolutionary technological advance of the printing press in the 15th century, there is precious little economic evidence of its benefits. Using data on 200 European cities between 1450 and 1600, this column finds that economic growth was higher by as much as 60 percentage points in cities that adopted the technology. http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/6092 Grazie Ciao Enrico Enrico Bertacchini - Researcher EBLA - International Center for Research on the Economics of Culture, Institutions and Creativity NEXA Center for Internet & Society, Politecnico of Torino Via Po 53, 10124 Torino, Italy TEL +390116704982 Skype: enricobertacchini