Joel Mokyr

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Why are some nations more technically creative than others and why do some highly innovative societies eventually stagnate? In this provocative study of the value and meaning of technological advance, Joel Mokyr considers how past physical and social conditions have influenced the development and reception of new ideas, and shows how these trends can guide future industrial strategies at a time when more countries than ever before are competing for the rewards of technical ingenuity. Meer

From accounting and advertising to zoning and zoos, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History includes 900 original articles by noted scholars from more than thirty-five countries on such topics as inventors, theoreticians, industry leaders, markets, industries, and labour. Meer

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