This is a great piece and explanation for the Great Human Uplift is fundamental to economics which is just not a part of the core questions in economics. I found the work of Deirdre McCloskey worth studying. Her 3 volume opus on bourgeois values is a critical piece to story and interesting reading. The 1870's point focuses on the development of the big corporations, but the development and celebration of the entrepreneur, shopkeeper, merchant, and inventor is also critical and starts the process for growth.
Sep 23, 2022·edited Sep 23, 2022Liked by Bob Seawright
This is brilliant; thanks for posting it. Welcome back!
For a bunch of people who, compared with our ancestors, are unfathomably rich, long-lived, enfranchised, and literate surrounded by piles of technological marvels and other toys, we sure do bitch a lot.
This is a great piece and explanation for the Great Human Uplift is fundamental to economics which is just not a part of the core questions in economics. I found the work of Deirdre McCloskey worth studying. Her 3 volume opus on bourgeois values is a critical piece to story and interesting reading. The 1870's point focuses on the development of the big corporations, but the development and celebration of the entrepreneur, shopkeeper, merchant, and inventor is also critical and starts the process for growth.
So glad to have you back
This is brilliant; thanks for posting it. Welcome back!
For a bunch of people who, compared with our ancestors, are unfathomably rich, long-lived, enfranchised, and literate surrounded by piles of technological marvels and other toys, we sure do bitch a lot.
Glad to have you back and with such an important (magisterial no less) topic to boot.