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The preceding paper has already made it clear that secular economic expansion alone would not justify belief in an increase of welfare. We come now to a new stage. We must now ask whether progress in economic welfare alone is in its turn sufficient to ensure human progress in a broader sense. This is a formidable question. It would seem to require that we should begin by throwing some light on the very concept of progress.
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Guitton, H. (1987). The Relation between Progress in Economic Welfare and Human Progress in a Broader Sense. In: Dupriez, L.H., Robinson, A. (eds) Economic Progress. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08440-1_4
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