Contents: Foreword / Geoff Harcourt -- Introduction: The role of government / Nikolaos Karagiannis and John E. King -- Part I: Philosophical and theoretical aspects -- 1. Policy and state in complexity economics / Wolfram Elsner -- 2. State and public sector: key economic and...

"The solution to inequality, environmental degradation, and other deficits of capitalism is better capitalism. The Power of Creative Destruction draws on cutting-edge research to argue that what we need today is not revolution but reform: pro-competitive policies that enable innovation while...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1. States and Industrial Transformation -- 2. A Comparative Institutional Approach -- 3. States -- 4. Roles and Sectors -- 5. Promotion and Policing -- 6. State Firms and High-Tech Husbandry --...