Abstract
Economic development requires endogenous novelties, according to evolutionary economics. To find the endogenous source of novelties, we focus on the creativity of ordinary people when they forge their life path. We argue that such ‘life creativity’ is endogenous to the economic system because it is a typical capability of human beings, because it is intrinsically motivated, thus directly yielding well-being, and because it can be developed with better economic conditions. The paper first introduces the insights of three pioneers of evolutionary economics; it proceeds by showing the key role of creativity in human evolution; then it proposes ‘creative activity’ as an input-output technology that is both useful for and conditioned by economic development. It concludes by contrasting the Industrial Revolution in Britain with the ICT revolution in the US for their different effects of successful innovations on life creativity and well-being.
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Schumpeter (1911: fn.150) even argued that “effort is not ‘pain’ for him [energetic men]”.
Although great apes may be able to imagine, they remain attached to the perceived context, e.g. when they anticipate a fact that they are going to realise (Suddendorf and Dong 2013). Analogously, although they are able to transmit knowledge to conspecifics, this remains strictly pertinent to the original purpose (Tennie et al. 2009).
These studies confirm Scitovsky’s insight that “in man’s striving for his various goals in life, being on the way to those goals and struggling to achieve them are more satisfying than is the actual attainment of the goal” (Scitovsky 1992[1976], p.62).
Although this issue does not attract unanimous consensus (Attanasi et al. 2021), a suggestive argument is that monetary incentives are counterproductive when are perceived as controlling creative activity (Deci and Ryan 2000), whereas they may only be effective in the short-run (Bénabou and Tirole 2003).
The inventive activity also pervaded the arts by breaking with the classical tradition and revising the Enlightenment style (Gombrich 2022)
The American Academy of Pediatrics has even declared a national emergency in child and adolescent mental health in 2021.
The negative effect of social media use on life creativity through frustrated aspirations could be captured by the negative effect on youths’ labour supply (Aguiar et al. 2021).
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Pugno, M. Creativity, well-being, and economic development: An evolutionary approach. J Evol Econ 34, 205–225 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00191-024-00858-6
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