666. This Is How Progress Happens
2026-03-06 · 53 min · episode 666 · 6 entities
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Episode description as stored
Economists don’t usually talk about “culture.” But Joel Mokyr argues that it’s the engine of innovation — and the Nobel Prize committee agreed. Stephen Dubner sits down for a thousand-year conversation (including advice!) with the new Nobel laureate.
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Joel Mokyr , economic historian at Northwestern University.
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Two Paths to Prosperity: Culture and Institutions in Europe and China, 1000–2000 , by Avner Greif, Joel Mokyr, and, Guido Tabellini (2025).
" The Outsize Role of Immigrants in US Innovation ," by Shai Bernstein, Rebecca Diamond, Abhisit Jiranaphawiboon, Timothy McQuade, and Beatriz Pousada (NBER, 2023).
A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy , by Joel Mokyr (2016).
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty , by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson (2012).
" The Economics of Being Jewish ," by Joel Mokyr ( Critical Review, 2011 ).
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