If there is one idea that has dominated the history of the United States, it is the idea of progress. Yet analyses of this idea are surprisingly rare. Furthermore, in spite of having been founded by a rather small revolution, the dominant dynamic of the United States has been evolutionary, through social mutation (invention), production, and selection. In this paper, therefore, I propose to look at the larger question of the nature of evolutionary change, and the conditions under which change can be identified as progress.


Boulding et all. (1978) From Abundance to Scarcity Implications for the American Tradition

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If there is one idea that has dominated the history of the United States, it is the idea of progress. Yet analyses of this idea are surprisingly...

If there is one idea that has dominated the history of the United States, it is the idea of progress. Yet analyses of this idea are surprisingly...

If there is one idea that has dominated the history of the United States, it is the idea of progress. Yet analyses of this idea are surprisingly...

If there is one idea that has dominated the history of the United States, it is the idea of progress. Yet analyses of this idea are surprisingly...