"Today, when economic and political tremors have shaken many previously unquestioned policy assumptions to their foundations, How Growth Really Happens offers a fresh perspective on issues that could hardly be more relevant. This is a timely book, one that has the potential to become a seminal study of economic growth."--Robert H. Wade, London School of Economics
"By offering illuminating case studies and linking the analysis of production, enterprise, and governance, Michael Best offers a sustained discussion of topics that mainstream economics has tended to neglect. How Growth Really Happens is a highly significant contribution to economics."--Carol E. Heim, University of Massachusetts, Amherst