Joel Mokyr

Praise for The Enlightened Economy

He buttresses his argument with deep knowledge of the times and massive scholarship. Everyone interested in history should read this great work.

George A. Akerlof, University of California at Berkeley

A great economic historian gives us a sweeping perspective on a pivotal period of history: Britain during the Industrial Revolution. Tracing a long series of economic innovations and political reforms back to the id ...

Roger B. Myerson, University of Chicago

Mokyr utilises deep knowledge of technological and industrial history, often narrated at the level of the individual inventor, thinker, factory owner or craftsman...[He] narrates brilliantly a rich story of modern e ...

David Greasley, BBC History

He buttresses his argument with deep knowledge of the times and massive scholarship. Everyone interested in history should read this great work.

George A. Akerlof, University of California at Berkeley

A great economic historian gives us a sweeping perspective on a pivotal period of history: Britain during the Industrial Revolution. Tracing a long series of economic innovations and political reforms back to the id ...

Roger B. Myerson, University of Chicago

Mokyr utilises deep knowledge of technological and industrial history, often narrated at the level of the individual inventor, thinker, factory owner or craftsman...[He] narrates brilliantly a rich story of modern e ...

David Greasley, BBC History

He buttresses his argument with deep knowledge of the times and massive scholarship. Everyone interested in history should read this great work.

George A. Akerlof, University of California at Berkeley

A great economic historian gives us a sweeping perspective on a pivotal period of history: Britain during the Industrial Revolution. Tracing a long series of economic innovations and political reforms back to the id ...

Roger B. Myerson, University of Chicago

Mokyr utilises deep knowledge of technological and industrial history, often narrated at the level of the individual inventor, thinker, factory owner or craftsman...[He] narrates brilliantly a rich story of modern e ...

David Greasley, BBC History