A flourishing economist: A review essay on Edmund Phelps's Mass Flourishing: How grassroots innovation created jobs, challenge, and change

Joel Mokyr*

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)189-196
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Economic Literature
Volume52
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2014

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Economics and Econometrics

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