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082 _a330.09PHE
100 _aPhelps, Edmund S.
245 0 _aMass flourishing
_bhow grassroots innovation created jobs, challenge, and change
260 _aPrinceton
_bPrinceton University Press
_c2013
300 _axii, 378 pages : ill. ; 24 cm.
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 337-349) and index.
520 _aPhelps 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?
650 _aEconomic history.
999 _c8038
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