Ideas and Growth
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A version of this paper was given as the 2008 Economica Phillips Lecture at LSE on February 7, 2008. I thank Francesco Caselli and other participants in that event for their comments. I am also grateful for conversations with Fernando Alvarez, Jess Benhabib, Francisco Buera, Jonathan Eaton, James Heckman, Boyan Jovanovic, Sam Kortum, Cassey Mulligan, and Nancy Stokey, and for the assistance and suggestions of Ferdinando Monte. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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