Conférence - Joel Mokyr : Innovation and the British Industrial Revolution: a New Look

Philippe Aghion
Économie des institutions, de l'innovation et de la croissance
Collège de France
Année 2025-2026

The Longue Durée: Economic History and the Rise of Prosperity in the Modern Age
Conférence - Joel Mokyr : Innovation and the British Industrial Revolution: a New Look

Joel Mokyr
Northwestern University

Résumé

This lecture, based on a forthcoming book entitled Why Britain? A New View of the Industrial Revolution will discuss the various factors that made Britain into the workshop of the world and the cradle of technological progress and economic growth. It will discuss institutions, geography, and empire, and then propose a novel explanation of the location and timing of the Industrial Revolution hitherto neglected by economic historians.