Editing Endogenous growth theory (section)

== Implications ==
An endogenous growth theory implication is that policies that embrace openness, competition, change and innovation will promote growth.{{cn|date=December 2019}} Conversely, policies that have the effect of restricting or slowing change by protecting or favouring particular existing industries or firms are likely, over time, to slow growth to the disadvantage of the community. [[Peter Howitt (economist)|Peter Howitt]] has written:

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Sustained economic growth is everywhere and always a process of continual transformation. The sort of economic progress that has been enjoyed by the richest nations since the Industrial Revolution would not have been possible if people had not undergone wrenching changes. Economies that cease to transform themselves are destined to fall off the path of economic growth. The countries that most deserve the title of "developing" are not the poorest countries of the world, but the richest. [They] need to engage in the never-ending process of economic development if they are to enjoy continued prosperity.<ref>{{cite book| publisher= [[C. D. Howe Institute]] | title= Growth and development: a Schumpeterian perspective| journal= C. D. Howe Institute Commentary| url= http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/commentary_246.pdf| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110717090449/http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/commentary_246.pdf| url-status= dead| first= Peter | last= Howitt| author-link= Peter Howitt (economist)| number= 246| date= April 2007| isbn= 978-0888067098 |issn= 0824-8001| archive-date= July 17, 2011| access-date= August 16, 2018}}</ref>
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