A Flourishing Economist: A Review Essay on Edmund Phelps's Mass Flourishing: How Grassroots Innovation Created Jobs, Challenge, and Change

Joel Mokyr

Journal of Economic Literature, 2014, vol. 52, issue 1, 189-96

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.

JEL-codes: E02 N00 O10 O30 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
Note: DOI: 10.1257/jel.52.1.189
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