This paper presents an explanation of how the dynamic but uncertain process of economic development and growth occurs. It shows that economic development leads to structural change, an enhancement of capabilities and path dependence in the economy. It examines three different approaches to...

Growth in income per capita is or should be a central objective of economic policy. This paper explores how the economy generates economic growth and what is actually going on in an economy when it does so. It describes economic growth as a fine-grained path-dependent process driven by...