Whether hailed as heroes or cast as threats to social order, entrepreneurs--and their innovations--have had an enormous influence on the growth and prosperity of nations. The Invention of Enterprise gathers together, for the first time, leading economic historians to explore the entrepreneur's...

"Evaluates two options for spectrum governance--a tradable license approach and a commons approach--in terms of interference, investment in innovation, monopoly power, diversity, rural service, and vested interests versus adaptability"--Provided by publisher

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND GROWTH: A MISSING PIECE OF THE PUZZLE -- 2 WHY ECONOMIC GROWTH MATTERS -- 3 WHAT DRIVES ECONOMIC GROWTH? -- 4 CAPITALISM: THE DIFFERENT TYPES AND THEIR IMPACTS ON GROWTH -- 5 GROWTH AT THE CUTTING EDGE -- 6 UNLEASHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN...

Lionel Robbins's now famous lectures on the history of economic thought comprise one of the greatest accounts since World War II of the evolution of economic ideas. This volume represents the first time those lectures have been published. Lord Robbins (1898-1984) was a remarkably accomplished...