Carlota Perez

Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital, surge cycles

Scholar affiliated with institutions including UCL and Tallinn University of Technology, working at the intersection of economics, history, and innovation policy. Her 2002 book 'Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital' argues that recurrent techno-economic paradigm shifts follow predictable surge cycles, with speculative bubbles preceding 'golden age' deployment phases. The framework is widely applied in venture capital, industrial policy, and long-wave economic analysis.