Joel Mokyr

American-Israeli economic historian · Israel · On the map · Writers · Born 1946 · age 80

Joel Mokyr is an American and Israeli economic historian and the Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University. He is also a senior adjunct professor at the Eitan Berglas School of Economics at Tel Aviv University.

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2025Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred NobelAward2023Honorary Doctorate from University of Lyon-IIAward2021Clarivate Citation LaureatesAward2015Balzan PrizeAward2011Fellow of the Econometric SocietyAward2006Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for HistoryAward1992“The distinction between micro- and macroinventions is useful because, as historians of technology emphasize, the word first is hazardous in this literature. .”In their wordsp. 14Read the whole statement

“The physical and social environment is important in determining the actions of individuals, although it is not solely responsible for the outcome.”In their wordsp. 155Read the whole statement

“If England led the rest of the world in the Industrial Revolution, it was despite, not because of her formal education system.”In their wordsp. 240Read the whole statement

“The distinction between micro- and macro inventions matters because they appeared to be governed by different laws.”In their wordsp. 295; as cited by Pol, Eduardo, and Peter Carroll.Read the whole statement

“Technological systems, like all cultural systems, must have some built-in stability.”In their wordsp. 327Read the whole statement

1980Guggenheim FellowshipAward1946Born26 July 1946

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Economists have traditionally been leery at mentalités as a factor in long-term economic development.
1992 · p. 171, Own words
What made the West successful was neither capitalism, nor science, nor an historical accident such as a favourable geography.
1992 · p 302, Own words
Hooykaas (1972, p. 100) writes that especially commercial and industrial cities were intellectually dynamic, far more so than sleepy university towns.
1972 · Joel Mokyr (2016), A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy. p. 174, Own words

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Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel2025

Honorary Doctorate from University of Lyon-II2023

Clarivate Citation Laureates2021

Balzan Prize2015

Fellow of the Econometric Society2011

Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for History2006

Guggenheim Fellowship1980

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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He was awarded half a share of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2025 "for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress."

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Israel