Joseph Schumpeter argued that growth was a process of creative destruction. Explain what is meant by the phrase, "creative destruction."

What will be an ideal response?


When TP occurs and new goods are developed, old goods will disappear. In those industries that produced these "old" goods, employment will decrease. It is this process of technological progress causing the destruction of old jobs that is referred to as "creative destruction."

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