Author: Joel Mokyr

The growth of technological and scientific knowledge in the past two centuries has been the overriding dynamic element in the economic and social h...

The Industrial Revolution remains a defining moment in the economic history of the modern world. But what kind and how much of a revolution was it?...

The Industrial Revolution remains a defining moment in the economic history of the modern world. But what kind and how much of a revolution was it?...

Technical changes in the first half of the nineteenth century led to unprecedented economic growth and capital formation throughout Western Europe;...

Technical changes in the first half of the nineteenth century led to unprecedented economic growth and capital formation throughout Western Europe;...

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