August 28, 2026
Joel Mokyr on Clans, Corporations, and a Culture of Growth
Conversations with Tyler · Joel Mokyr · 46 min
Why we chose this episode
Mokyr has spent a career on why sustained growth started where it did, and Cowen pushes him past the textbook story into culture, clans and institutions.
Listen for this question
Which inherited habit is quietly shaping what you think is possible?
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Who it’s for: Anyone curious why prosperity is historically so unusual.
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After the episode
Pick one thing you assume is permanent and find out when it started.
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