A Culture Of Growth by Joel Mokyr
The Origins of the Modern Economy
Argues that Europe’s sustained economic growth arose from a cultural transformation that elevated open inquiry, useful knowledge, and a belief in progress. Through the Republic of Letters, a competitive market for ideas, and political fragmentation that sheltered heterodox thinkers, persuasion entrepreneurs diffused norms of empiricism and experimentation. These shifts shaped institutions and incentives, laying the groundwork for the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions in ways not explained by geography or resources alone.
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- Published
- 2016
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 400
- Original Language
- English
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