Information technology and economic change: the impact of the printing press

• Jeremiah Dittmar interviewed by
• Romesh Vaitilingam
• 1 Oct 2010

The movable type printing press was the great innovation in early modern information technology, but until now, little evidence has been found of an impact on growth. Jeremiah Dittmar, who was then at American University in Washington, DC, talks to Romesh Vaitilingam about his research, which seems to resolve this precursor of the Solow paradox. The interview was recorded at the annual congress of the European Economic Association in Glasgow in August 2010.