The enlightened economy: how ideas drive growth

Joel Mokyr [1] interviewed by Romesh Vaitilingam [2], 05 February 2010

Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University talks to Romesh Vaitilingam about his book, The Enlightened Economy, which argues that we cannot understand the Industrial Revolution without recognising the importance of the intellectual sea changes of Britain’s Age of Enlightenment. They discuss the importance of cultural beliefs for the pursuit of economic growth in today’s developing countries. The interview was recorded in San Francisco in January 2009.

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Topics: Development [8] Economic history [9] Institutions and economics [10] Productivity and Innovation [11]

Tags: economic growth [12], Industrial Revolution [13], age of enlightenment [14]

Related research here [15] and here [16].

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[16] http://blog.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/_archives/2010/1/25/4437883.html