I was teaching Mokyr on the Industrial Revolution to my final-year economics students just last week. And next week, we're doing his work on the Great Irish Famine!
Very proud PhD supervisor announcement: Malte Hinrichs has published his first-ever article! He explores the role of water mills in Germany's industrialisation. Think of it as "Mokyr in Prussia". @cephie.bsky.social Well worth a read: doi.org/10.1016/j.ee...