Making poor nations rich: Entrepreneurship and the process of economic development

摘要

The question in economic analysis asks, "why are some people very rich while other people are very poor?" A growing literature in development economics and economic history focuses on secure institutions, private property rights, and free markets as the necessary conditions for economic growth. The essays in Powell's volume fill in some of the gaps in this literature by focusing on the mechanisms by which economic development takes place. Specifically, the essays Professor Powell assembles lay theoretical and empirical foundations for the role of entrepreneurship in economic development and then illustrate some of the successes and failures that have taken place around the world.