一个全新的名词开始在全世界回响,这就是“知识经济”。知识经济将开始替代工业经济而成为一种崭新的经济形态。这一重大转变,其意义比200年前工业经济开始替代农业经济更加深远。那么,这场无声的革命是如何发生的呢?美国捷足先登有的学者研究认为,在80年代初,美国政府已觉察到,美国经济的竞争能力在全球范围有所下降。面对日本咄咄逼人的挑战,应采取什么样的对策?为此,里根政府组织了由经济学家、学者、科技顾问组成的“工业竞争研究委员会”。经过近两年的研究,他们发现,在经济领域出现了一些崭新的因素,这种因素的影响力将会超过18世纪末工业革命开始时对英国的冲击。他们还发现,美国的经济已分为两块:一块是旧的,进展缓慢:另一块是新的、刚 A brand new noun began to echo in the world, this is “knowledge economy ”. Knowledge economy will begin to replace the industrial economy and become a new economic form. The significance of this major shift is even more profound than the industrial economy started to replace the agricultural economy 200 years ago. So how did this silent revolution happen? According to a scholarly study conducted by the United States, in the early 1980s, the U.S. government realized that the competitiveness of the U.S. economy has declined globally. In the face of Japan’s aggressive challenge, what measures should be taken? To this end, the Reagan administration organized by the economist, scholar, scientific and technical adviser composed of “Competition Research Committee ”. After nearly two years of research, they found that there are some brand new factors in the economic field that will outweigh the impact on Britain at the start of the industrial revolution in the late 18th century. They also found that the U.S. economy has been divided into two parts: one is old and progressing slowly: the other is new, just