Economics of Creative Destruction - New Research on Themes From Aghion and Howitt

Leading social scientists explore pressing issues-monopoly and inequality, growth and innovation, climate change and fraying social safety nets-through the lens of creative destruction. Far more than a theory of capitalist dynamics, creative destruction proves an important idea for illuminating a wide range of social and political challenges.

About the author

Ufuk Akcigit is Arnold C. Harberger Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago.John Van Reenen is Ronald Coase School Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Digital Fellow in the Initiative on the Digital Economy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Summary

Leading social scientists explore pressing issues—monopoly and inequality, growth and innovation, climate change and fraying social safety nets—through the lens of creative destruction. Far more than a theory of capitalist dynamics, creative destruction proves an important idea for illuminating a wide range of social and political challenges.

Product details

• Authors: Ufuk Van Reenen Akcigit
• Assisted by: Ufuk Akcigit (Editor), John van Reenen (Editor), Van Reenen John (Editor), Emmanuel Macron (Foreword)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.08.2023
• EAN: 9780674270367
• ISBN: 978-0-674-27036-7
• No. of pages: 784
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Business & Economics / General, Business and Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Public Finance, macroeconomics, Business & management, Economic Geography, Economic history, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures, Public finance, Economics of specific sectors, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Free Enterprise & Capitalism, Public finance and taxation