03229oam 2200697I 450 991046278020332120200520144314.01-283-91968-00-203-07979-51-136-16231-310.4324/9780203079799 (CKB)2670000000315285(EBL)1104784(OCoLC)823389994(SSID)ssj0000804129(PQKBManifestationID)12346932(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000804129(PQKBWorkID)10811993(PQKB)10403122(MiAaPQ)EBC1104784(Au-PeEL)EBL1104784(CaPaEBR)ebr10641727(CaONFJC)MIL423218(OCoLC)823161358(EXLCZ)99267000000031528520180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrProducing prosperity an inquiry into the operation of the market process /Randall G. HolcombeLondon ;New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (273 p.)Routledge foundations of the market economyRoutledge foundations of the market economyDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-90406-6 0-415-64394-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Producing prosperity: the subject matter of economics -- Economic models: a framework for analysis -- The market process -- Market-clearing forces in the economy -- The innovative nature of firms -- The role of firms in the market -- The trajectory of the economy: growth and progress -- Economic welfare: theory and policy -- Rent seeking in a creative economy -- The coordination of economic activity -- Agglomeration economies and economic progress -- The evolution of the economy: differentiation, selection, replication -- Producing prosperity.The substantial prosperity that characterizes market economies at the beginning of the twenty-first century is relatively recent in human history. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, economic progress was so slow that people would not have been able to recognize it in their lifetimes, whereas today, economic progress is so much a part of people's lives that they take it for granted. In this new volume, Randall G. Holcombe argues that economic analysis, as it developed through the twentieth century, relies heavily on concepts of economic equilibrium, and is not descriptive of the dynaRoutledge Foundations of the Market EconomyEconomicsHistory20th centuryCapitalismEquilibrium (Economics)Economic developmentElectronic books.EconomicsHistoryCapitalism.Equilibrium (Economics)Economic development.330.12/2Holcombe Randall G.148139MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462780203321Producing prosperity2205306UNINA