TY - JOUR
T1 - A flourishing economist
T2 - A review essay on Edmund Phelps's Mass Flourishing: How grassroots innovation created jobs, challenge, and change
AU - Mokyr, Joel
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1257/jel.52.1.189
DO - 10.1257/jel.52.1.189
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84896971099
SN - 0022-0515
VL - 52
SP - 189
EP - 196
JO - Journal of Economic Literature
JF - Journal of Economic Literature
IS - 1
ER -