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Author Aghion, Philippe, author.

Title The power of creative destruction : economic upheaval and the wealth of nations / Philippe Aghion, Céline Antonin, Simon Bunel ; translated by Jodie Cohen-Tanugi.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021.
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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  330.122 AGHION    Check Shelf
Description viii, 389 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note "First published as Le Pouvoir de la destruction créatrice, copyright 2020 Odile Jacob" --Title page verso.
Translated from the French.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Subject Capitalism.
Disruptive technologies.
Business cycles.
Income distribution.
Business cycles. (OCoLC)fst00842457
Capitalism. (OCoLC)fst00846425
Disruptive technologies. (OCoLC)fst01737941
Income distribution. (OCoLC)fst00968670
Added Author Antonin, Céline, author.
Bunel, Simon, author.
Cohen-Tanugi, Jodie, translator.
ISBN 9780674971165 hardcover
0674971167 hardcover
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