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The Power of Creative Destruction: Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021Description: viii, 389 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674971165
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HB501.A459
Contents:
A new paradigm -- The enigma of takeoffs -- Industrial revolutions: a blessing or a curse? -- Is competition a good thing? -- Innovation, inequality, and taxation -- The secular stagnation debate -- Convergence, divergence, and the middle-income trap -- Industrialization at all costs? -- Green innovation and sustainable growth -- Innovation: behind the scenes -- Creative destruction, health, and happiness -- Financing creative destruction -- How to manage globalization -- The emergence of the investor-state, then the insurer-state -- Creative destruction and the golden triangle -- Conclusion: The future of capitalism -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: "The solution to inequality, environmental degradation, and other deficits of capitalism is better capitalism. The Power of Creative Destruction draws on cutting-edge research to argue that what we need today is not revolution but reform: pro-competitive policies that enable innovation while compensating for the disruption it causes"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Asian University for Women Library Non-fiction General Stacks HB501. A459 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 030187
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

A new paradigm -- The enigma of takeoffs -- Industrial revolutions: a blessing or a curse? -- Is competition a good thing? -- Innovation, inequality, and taxation -- The secular stagnation debate -- Convergence, divergence, and the middle-income trap -- Industrialization at all costs? -- Green innovation and sustainable growth -- Innovation: behind the scenes -- Creative destruction, health, and happiness -- Financing creative destruction -- How to manage globalization -- The emergence of the investor-state, then the insurer-state -- Creative destruction and the golden triangle -- Conclusion: The future of capitalism -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

"The solution to inequality, environmental degradation, and other deficits of capitalism is better capitalism. The Power of Creative Destruction draws on cutting-edge research to argue that what we need today is not revolution but reform: pro-competitive policies that enable innovation while compensating for the disruption it causes"-- Provided by publisher.

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