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Conversations with Tyler · 2026-07-08 · 46 min · 7,562 words

Joel Mokyr on Clans, Corporations, and a Culture of Growth

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Enhanced with helpful links, visit conversationswither.com. Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Conversations with Tyler. Today I'm chatting with Joel Mokeir. Joel is a professor at Northwest University. He has a wonderful new book out called Two Paths to Prosperity, Culture and Institutions in Europe and China. One thousand to two thousand.

And he is one of the economics Nobel laureates from this past year. Joe. Welcome. Thank you, Tyler. Start by telling us in the book, your thesis it's about

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