Mass flourishing how grassroots innovation created jobs, challenge, and change

By:

Phelps, Edmund S

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Princeton Princeton University Press 2013Description: xii, 378 pages : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780691158983

Subject(s):

Economic history

DDC classification:

330.09PHE

Summary: Phelps explores what makes nations prosper--and why the sources of that prosperity are under threat today. Why did prosperity explode in some nations between the 1820s and 1960s, creating not just unprecedented material wealth but "flourishing"--meaningful work, self-expression, and personal growth for more people than ever before?

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-349) and index.

Phelps explores what makes nations prosper--and why the sources of that prosperity are under threat today. Why did prosperity explode in some nations between the 1820s and 1960s, creating not just unprecedented material wealth but "flourishing"--meaningful work, self-expression, and personal growth for more people than ever before?

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