A Flourishing Economist: A Review Essay on Edmund Phelps's Mass Flourishing: How Grassroots Innovation Created Jobs, Challenge, and Change

In his recent Mass Flourishings, Edmund Phelps makes a strong and eloquent plea for a more dynamic economy, which he sees not only as a key for economic performance, but also as necessary for what he calls "the good life." This review essay evaluates those claims in the light of economic history.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Mokyr, Joel
Published in:	Journal of Economic Literature. - American Economic Association - AEA. - Vol. 52.2014, 1, p. 189-96
Publisher:	American Economic Association - AEA

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Extent:	application/pdf application/zip
Type of publication:	Article
Notes:	DOI: 10.1257/jel.52.1.189
Classification:	E02 - Institutions and the Macroeconomy ; N00 - Economic History. General ; O10 - Economic Development. General ; O30 - Technological Change; Research and Development. General ; P16 - Political Economy
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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