the past two centuries in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan, and Australia. Grossman focuses on four major …

grassroots dynamism that was necessary for widespread, indigenous innovation. Most innovation wasn't driven by a few isolated …-being and the "good life" in a broader sense--was created by this mass innovation. Yet indigenous innovation and flourishing … weakened decades ago. In America, evidence indicates that innovation and job satisfaction have decreased since the late 1960s …

incomes, education, innovation, and technology. But rapid globalization has also created concerns because the repercussions of …