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macroinvention: a standalone construct

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macroinvention1 CONSTRUCTMacroinventionMOKYR · ECONOMIC HISTORY

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Economic history

Mokyr's distinction between rare radical inventions that open new possibilities and many small improvements that refine them.

In economic history, macroinvention refers to mokyr's distinction between rare radical inventions that open new possibilities and many small improvements that refine them. This meaning comes from Mokyr (1992) in The Lever of Riches.[1]

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  1. Mokyr, J. (1992). The Lever of Riches. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195074772.001.0001

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