ATOMIC POWER AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

The article criticizes the book "Fear, War and the Bomb," written by P.M. S. Blackett which centers on how the economic status of various nation, specifically Russia and United States, will be affected by the advent of atomic power. According to the authors, Blackett's book points social scientists' inadequate attention on the economic implications of atomic power. They further state that the existing analyses on atomic power's economic consequences made them realize that they lack a clear understanding of regional economic development process which would have allowed them to examine the effect of technological change on specific economies.