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Capitalism in America

Summary

Capitalism in America (2018) by Alan Greenspan and Adrian Wooldridge is an economic history of the United States, arguing that America's greatness is rooted in its tradition of creative destruction and that productivity growth is the key to future prosperity.

Core Contribution

Major synthesis of American economic history from the former Fed chair and a leading economic journalist.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • capitalism
  • American economic history
  • creative destruction
  • productivity

Historical Influences

American economic tradition Joseph Schumpeter's creative destruction

Intellectual Lineage

Alan Greenspan Adrian Wooldridge American economic history

Allied Works

The Right Nation

Contemporaries & Peers

American economic history literature

Minds Influenced

American economic history discourse

Intellectual Posterity

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