Summary
Joel Mokyr: The culture of growth
The origins of modern economics. Mokyr's new masterpiece is a virtuoso demonstration of how new thinking in economics can bring a deeper understanding of one of the most important events in human history. The Culture of Growth documents the cultural changes that allowed the examination of nature that then grew into scientific progress. This book offers us an optimistic vision: the great expansion of communication preceded our modern prosperity, and we can expect it to happen again. - Angus Deaton, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics In The Culture of Growth, Joel Mokyr takes a detailed look at the interactions between groups of educated people that led to the creation of specific innovative ideas significant to the Industrial Revolution. Mokyr's historical laboratory spans the early modern period in Europe, but his methods and results seem to me equally useful for thinking about the possibilities for various contemporary economies around the world. - Robert E. Lucas Jr., winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Economics
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