1st Edition

Proactivity in Economics Between Resourcefulness and Entrepreneurship

By Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski Copyright 2026
110 Pages
by Routledge

110 Pages
by Routledge

Between plain resourcefulness and full-blooded entrepreneurship lies a middle ground of proactivity which, as this book argues, is a concept that allows economists to make better sense of activity where an individual takes greater agency over their personal outcomes through the existing employment or additional activity. In this way, proactivity can help economists develop greater... Read more

Introduction

1. The Nature of the Proactive Society

2. The Proactive Society and Economic Theory

3. Challenges to the Proactive Society

Conclusion

Index

 

Biography

Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law, Administration, and Economics at the University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland; a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ludwig von Mises Institute for Economic Education, Wrocław, Poland; and a Fellow of the Mises Institute.