Liberalism Caused the Great Enrichment

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey
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Deirdre Nansen McCloskey: Distinguished Scholar, Isaiah Berlin Chair in Liberal Thought, Cato Institute, Washington, DC 20001, USA2Distinguished Professor Emerita of Economics and of History, Professor Emerita of English and of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA

Journal of Economics, Management and Religion (JEMAR), 2024, vol. 05, issue 02, 1-59

Abstract: I propose here, mathematically and quantitatively, by historical comparison and by the paradoxical logic of creativity, to offer a fresh and ideational explanation of how economic growth started and was sustained. The crux, I claim, was liberalisation at the level of ideas, favouring a culture of free speech and an economy of enterprise.

Keywords: Liberalism; economic growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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