Joel Mokyr

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Israeli American economic historian.

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Gender: Male
Education: Yale University
Place of birth: Leiden
Birth date: 26 July 1946
Member of: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences·American Academy of Arts and Sciences·Accademia dei Lincei
Nationality: United States

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for History
Guggenheim Fellowship
Fellow of the Econometric Society
Balzan Prize

Books

Economics of the Industrial Revolution (Routledge Revivals)
Joel Mokyr
British Industrial Revolution
Joel Mokyr
The industrial revolution remains a defining moment in the economic history of the modern world.
A Culture of Growth
Joel Mokyr
Why enlightenment culture sparked the industrial revolution during the late eighteenth century, innovations in europe triggered the industrial revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe.
British Industrial Revolution
Joel Mokyr
The industrial revolution remains a defining moment in the economic history of the modern world.
A Culture of Growth
Joel Mokyr
The description for this book, a culture of growth: the origins of the modern economy, will be forthcoming.
Culture of Growth
Joel Mokyr
Why enlightenment culture sparked the industrial revolutionduring the late eighteenth century, innovations in europe triggered the industrial revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe.
Why Ireland Starved
Joel Mokyr
Technical changes in the first half of the nineteenth century led to unprecedented economic growth and capital formation throughout western europe; and yet ireland hardly participated in this process at all.
Why Ireland Starved
Joel Mokyr
Technical changes in the first half of the nineteenth century led to unprecedented economic growth and capital formation throughout western europe; and yet ireland hardly participated in this process at all.
The Economics of the Industrial Revolution
Joel Mokyr
In recent years, scholars from a variety of disciplines have addressed many perplexing questions about the industrial revolution in all its aspects.
Enlightened Economy An Economic History Of Britain 17001850
Joel Mokyr
This book focuses on the importance of ideological and institutional factors in the rapid development of the british economy during the years between the glorious revolution and the crystal palace exhibition.
Gifts of Athena
Joel Mokyr
Gifts of Athena
Joel Mokyr
The growth of technological and scientific knowledge in the past two centuries has been the overriding dynamic element in the economic and social history of the world.
Enlightened Economy
Joel Mokyr
Why did western countries become so much wealthier than the rest of the world?
The Economics of the Industrial Revolution
Joel Mokyr
In recent years, scholars from a variety of disciplines have addressed many perplexing questions about the industrial revolution in all its aspects.
The enlightened economy
Joel Mokyr
This book focuses on the importance of ideological and institutional factors in the rapid development of the british economy during the years between the glorious revolution and the crystal palace exhibition.
European Guilds
Joel Mokyr
A comprehensive analysis of european craft guilds through eight centuries of economic historyguilds ruled many crafts and trades from the middle ages to the industrial revolution, and have always attracted debate and controversy.
British Industrial Revolution
Joel Mokyr
The industrial revolution remains a defining moment in the economic history of the modern world.
Why Ireland Starved
Joel Mokyr
Technical changes in the first half of the nineteenth century led to unprecedented economic growth and capital formation throughout western europe; and yet ireland hardly participated in this process at all.
Why Ireland Starved: A Quantitative and Analytical History of the Irish Economy, 1800-1850 (Economic History)
Joel Mokyr
The Gifts of Athena
Joel Mokyr
The growth of technological and scientific knowledge in the past two centuries has been the overriding dynamic element in the economic and social history of the world.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
Joel Mokyr
What were the economic roots of modern industrialism?
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
Joel Mokyr
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
Joel Mokyr
What were the economic roots of modern industrialism?
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
Joel Mokyr
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
Joel Mokyr
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
Joel Mokyr
What were the economic roots of modern industrialism?
The Gifts of Athena
Joel Mokyr
The growth of technological and scientific knowledge in the past two centuries has been the overriding dynamic element in the economic and social history of the world.
Research in Economic History
Joel Mokyr
British industrial revolution
Joel Mokyr
The industrial revolution remains a defining moment in the economic history of the modern world.
Famine disease and famine mortality
Joel Mokyr
The British Industrial Revolution
Joel Mokyr
The industrial revolution remains a defining moment in the economic history of the modern world.
Height and health in the United KIngdom 1815-1860
Joel Mokyr
La Palanca de La Riqueza
Joel Mokyr
In a world of supercomputers, genetic engineering, and fiber optics, technological creativity is ever more the key to economic success.
The British Industrial Revolution
Joel Mokyr
The industrial revolution remains a defining moment in the economic history of the modern world.
The British Industrial Revolution
Joel Mokyr
The industrial revolution remains a defining moment in the economic history of the modern world.
The Lever of Riches
Joel Mokyr
A historical overview of technology charts the ebb and flow of technological creativity throughout civilization, from ancient greece to modern japan, identifying the economic factors behind creativity.
Research in economic history
Joel Mokyr
Vital one
Joel Mokyr
Research in Economic History: The Vital One : Essays in Honor of Jonathan R.T. Hughes : Supplement 6
Joel Mokyr
Years of miracles
Joel Mokyr
Twenty five centuries of technological change
Joel Mokyr
Mokyr provides a long term perspective on the economic impact of technological change, surveying developments in production technologies between 500 bc and 1914..
Heights of the British and the Irish c. 1800-1815
Joel Mokyr
Lever of riches
Joel Mokyr
In a world of supercomputers, genetic engineering, and fiber optics, technological creativity is ever more the key to economic success.
Height of Irishmen and Englishmen in the 1770's
Joel Mokyr
Why Ireland starved
Joel Mokyr
Technical changes in the first half of the nineteenth century led to unprecedented economic growth and capital formation throughout western europe; and yet ireland hardly participated in this process at all.
Why Ireland starved
Joel Mokyr
Technical changes in the first half of the nineteenth century led to unprecedented economic growth and capital formation throughout western europe; and yet ireland hardly participated in this process at all.
Emigration and poverty in prefamine Ireland
Joel Mokyr
Industrialization in the Low Countries, 1795-1850
Joel Mokyr
New developments in Irish population history 1700-1850
Joel Mokyr

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