666. This Is How Progress Happens

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Episode: 666. This Is How Progress Happens

Pub date: 2026-03-06

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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.

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Joel Mokyr, economic historian at Northwestern University.

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