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contents Introduction : Advent of the modern economies --
The experience of the modern economy.
How modern economies got their dynamism --
Material effects of the modern economies --
The experience of modern life --
How modern economies formed --
Against the modern economy.
The lure of socialism --
The third way : corporatism right and left --
Weighing the rivals on their terms --
The satisfaction of nations --
Decay and refounding.
Markers of post-1960s decline --
Understanding the post-1960s decline --
The good life : Aristotle and the moderns --
The good and the just --
Epilogue : Regaining the modern -- Timeline.
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Introduction : Advent of the modern economies -- Part One: The experience of the modern economy. How modern economies got their dynamism -- Material effects of the modern economies -- The experience of modern life -- How modern economies formed -- Part Two: Against the modern economy. The lure of socialism -- The third way : corporatism right and left -- Weighing the rivals on their terms -- The satisfaction of nations -- Part Three: Decay and refounding. Markers of post-1960s decline -- Understanding the post-1960s decline -- The good life : Aristotle and the moderns -- The good and the just -- Epilogue : Regaining the modern -- Timeline.
Phelps explores what makes nations prosper--and why the sources of that prosperity are under threat today. Why did prosperity explode in some nations between the 1820s and 1960s, creating not just unprecedented material wealth but "flourishing"--meaningful work, self-expression, and personal growth for more people than ever before?
"In this book, Nobel Prize-winning economist Edmund Phelps draws on a lifetime of thinking to make a sweeping new argument about what makes nations prosper--and why the sources of that prosperity are under threat today. Why did prosperity explode in some nations between the 1820s and 1960s, creating not just unprecedented material wealth but "flourishing"--meaningful work, self-expression, and personal growth for more people than ever before? Phelps makes the case that the wellspring of this flourishing was modern values such as the desire to create, explore, and meet challenges. These values fueled the grassroots dynamism that was necessary for widespread, indigenous innovation. Most innovation wasn't driven by a few isolated visionaries like Henry Ford; rather, it was driven by millions of people empowered to think of, develop, and market innumerable new products and processes, and improvements to existing ones. Mass flourishing--a combination of material well-being and the "good life" in a broader sense--was created by this mass innovation. Yet indigenous innovation and flourishing weakened decades ago. In America, evidence indicates that innovation and job satisfaction have decreased since the late 1960s, while postwar Europe has never recaptured its former dynamism. The reason, Phelps argues, is that the modern values underlying the modern economy are under threat by a resurgence of traditional, corporatist values that put the community and state over the individual. The ultimate fate of modern values is now the most pressing question for the West: will Western nations recommit themselves to modernity, grassroots dynamism, indigenous innovation, and widespread personal fulfillment, or will we go on with a narrowed innovation that limits flourishing to a few? A book of immense practical and intellectual importance, Mass Flourishing is essential reading for anyone who cares about the sources of prosperity and the future of the West." -- Publisher's description.
Economic history. 1271
Economics. 715
Developed countries Economic conditions 19th century. 6110
Developed countries Economic conditions 20th century. 6111
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Mass flourishing : how grassroots innovation created jobs, challenge, and change /
Introduction : Advent of the modern economies --
The experience of the modern economy.
How modern economies got their dynamism --
Material effects of the modern economies --
The experience of modern life --
How modern economies formed --
Against the modern economy.
The lure of socialism --
The third way : corporatism right and left --
Weighing the rivals on their terms --
The satisfaction of nations --
Decay and refounding.
Markers of post-1960s decline --
Understanding the post-1960s decline --
The good life : Aristotle and the moderns --
The good and the just --
Epilogue : Regaining the modern -- Timeline.
Economic history. 1271
Economics. 715
title Mass flourishing : how grassroots innovation created jobs, challenge, and change /
title_alt Introduction : Advent of the modern economies --
The experience of the modern economy.
How modern economies got their dynamism --
Material effects of the modern economies --
The experience of modern life --
How modern economies formed --
Against the modern economy.
The lure of socialism --
The third way : corporatism right and left --
Weighing the rivals on their terms --
The satisfaction of nations --
Decay and refounding.
Markers of post-1960s decline --
Understanding the post-1960s decline --
The good life : Aristotle and the moderns --
The good and the just --
Epilogue : Regaining the modern -- Timeline.
title_auth Mass flourishing : how grassroots innovation created jobs, challenge, and change /
title_full Mass flourishing : how grassroots innovation created jobs, challenge, and change / Edmund Phelps.
title_fullStr Mass flourishing : how grassroots innovation created jobs, challenge, and change / Edmund Phelps.
title_full_unstemmed Mass flourishing : how grassroots innovation created jobs, challenge, and change / Edmund Phelps.
title_short Mass flourishing :
title_sort mass flourishing how grassroots innovation created jobs challenge and change
title_sub how grassroots innovation created jobs, challenge, and change /
topic Economic history. 1271
Economics. 715
topic_facet Economic history.
Economics.
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