Exploring the Development of the Modern Economy

Joel Mokyr is among the foremost experts in economic history and the history of innovation writing today. Thus, the publication of his latest book, A Culture of Growth, has been widely anticipated. The book's main aim is to uncover the reasons why earlymodern Europe became increasingly open to new ideas, theories, and concepts between 1500 and 1800 and to explain why such a “culture of growth” did not emerge elsewhere in the world.