Economists who explained how economies grow and change through innovation, investment and education. An economist belongs here when the cited article credits the person with growth theory, innovation, human capital or national income measurement. The group brings together the entries filed under the heading Growth, Innovation and Human Capital Economists, so a reader can compare them and move from one to another within the same part of the economic field.
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Robert Solow (Wikipedia)
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Robert Merton Solow (; August 23, 1924, December 21, 2023) was an American economist known for his studies of economic growth and the development of the Solow-Swan model, for which he won the 1987 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Joseph Schumpeter (Wikipedia)
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Schumpeter was one of the most influential economists of the early 20th century, and popularized creative destruction, a term coined by Werner Sombart.
Theodore Schultz (Wikipedia)
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One of his main contributions was later called Human Capital Theory, which he formulated with the help of Gary Becker and Jacob Mincer.
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