666. This Is How Progress Happens
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Podcast: Freakonomics Radio (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?) Episode: 666. This Is How Progress Happens Pub date: 2026-03-06 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Economists don’t usually talk about “culture.” But Joel Mokyr argues that it’s the engine of innovation — and the Nobel Prize committee agreed. Stephen Dubner sits down for a thousand-year conversation (including advice!) with the new Nobel laureate. SOURCES: Joel Mokyr, economic historian at Northwestern University. RESOURCES: Two Paths to Prosperity: Culture and Institutions in Europe and China, 1000–2000, by Avner Greif, Joel Mokyr, and, Guido Tabellini (2025). "The Outsize Role of Immigrants in US Innovation," by Shai Bernstein, Rebecca Diamond, Abhisit Jiranaphawiboon, Timothy McQuade, and Beatriz Pousada (NBER, 2023). A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy, by Joel Mokyr (2016). Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson (2012). "The Economics of Being Jewish," by Joel Mokyr (Critical Review, 2011). The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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Podcast: Freakonomics Radio Episode: 666. This Is How Progress Happens Pub date: 2026-03-06 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/fd230355b9eb4623a313a668f0307c5a/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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