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Why are some nations more technically creative than others and why do some highly innovative societies eventually stagnate? In this 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.
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Joel Mokyr is Professor of Economics and History at Northwestern University, and is the author ofWhy Ireland Starved, The Economics of the Industrial Revolution, and other books in economic history.
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