• Conférence - Joel Mokyr : The Market for Ideas: then and now
    May 15 2026

    Philippe Aghion

    Économie des institutions, de l'innovation et de la croissance

    Collège de France

    Année 2025-2026

    The Longue Durée: Economic History and the Rise of Prosperity in the Modern Age

    Conférence - Joel Mokyr : The Market for Ideas: then and now

    Joel Mokyr

    Northwestern University

    Résumé

    This lecture asks whether Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Islam and Judaism) have played an important role in economic development and technological progress and to what extent it has held back growth in the past. The answers, it turns, out are far more nuanced and complex than much of the literature suggests, and that much modern science and technology have deep religious origins.

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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • Conférence - Joel Mokyr : The Great Reversal: the economies of China and Europe, 1000 - 2000
    May 11 2026

    Philippe Aghion

    Économie des institutions, de l'innovation et de la croissance

    Collège de France

    Année 2025-2026

    The Longue Durée: Economic History and the Rise of Prosperity in the Modern Age

    Conférence - Joel Mokyr : The Great Reversal: the economies of China and Europe, 1000 - 2000

    Joel Mokyr

    Northwestern University

    Résumé

    This lecture, based on a new book entitled Two Paths to Prosperity: Culture and Institutions in Europe and China, 1000-2000 will ask the question why Europe and China reversed positions in economic development and technological capabilities between 1000 and 2000? While in 1000 China was a rich, cultured and sophisticated society when Europe was poor and barbarous, by the twentieth century the two civilizations had reversed positions. It will propose a novel approach, based on the importance of "social organizations" and the way economic cooperation is sustained.

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Conférence - Joel Mokyr : Innovation and the British Industrial Revolution: a New Look
    May 4 2026

    Philippe Aghion

    Économie des institutions, de l'innovation et de la croissance

    Collège de France

    Année 2025-2026

    The Longue Durée: Economic History and the Rise of Prosperity in the Modern Age

    Conférence - Joel Mokyr : Innovation and the British Industrial Revolution: a New Look

    Joel Mokyr

    Northwestern University

    Résumé

    This lecture, based on a forthcoming book entitled Why Britain? A New View of the Industrial Revolution will discuss the various factors that made Britain into the workshop of the world and the cradle of technological progress and economic growth. It will discuss institutions, geography, and empire, and then propose a novel explanation of the location and timing of the Industrial Revolution hitherto neglected by economic historians.

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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • 07 - Innovation et croissance à travers l'histoire : US-Europe-Chine
    Nov 25 2025

    Philippe Aghion

    Chaire Économie des institutions, de l'innovation et de la croissance

    Collège de France

    Année 2025-2026

    07 - Innovation et croissance à travers l'histoire : US-Europe-Chine

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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • 06 - Innovation et croissance à travers l'histoire : Stagnation séculaire
    Nov 18 2025

    Philippe Aghion

    Chaire Économie des institutions, de l'innovation et de la croissance

    Collège de France

    Année 2025-2026

    06 - Innovation et croissance à travers l'histoire : Stagnation séculaire

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    1 hr and 53 mins
  • 05 - Innovation et croissance à travers l'histoire : L'adversité comme levier d'innovation
    Nov 4 2025

    Philippe Aghion

    Chaire Économie des institutions, de l'innovation et de la croissance

    Collège de France

    Année 2025-2026

    05 - Innovation et croissance à travers l'histoire : L'adversité comme levier d'innovation

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • 04 - Innovation et croissance à travers l'histoire : Les vagues technologiques
    Oct 28 2025

    Philippe Aghion

    Chaire Économie des institutions, de l'innovation et de la croissance

    Collège de France

    Année 2025-2026

    04 - Innovation et croissance à travers l'histoire : Les vagues technologiques

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    1 hr and 34 mins
  • 03 - Innovation et croissance à travers l'histoire : Trappe malthusienne et transition démographique
    Oct 21 2025

    Philippe Aghion

    Collège de France

    Économie des institutions, de l'innovation et de la croissance

    Année 2025-2026

    03 - Innovation et croissance à travers l'histoire : Trappe malthusienne et transition démographique

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    1 hr and 30 mins