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Joel Mokyr

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1. “Well, the difference is basically the kind of organizations that produce what we call local public goods. So things like poor relief and education, religious service and things like that. I would think that if you look at the world, say, around 800 at the time of Charlemagne, the difference between Europe and China isn't very large. But at some point during the Middle Ages, you can see this divergence getting started. And what's happening is that in Europe there is more and more of a decline in the extended family or the extended kinship group, or we call it clan. And instead people get together and cooperate with other people to whom they are not related and with whom they do not share an ancestor.”

   2026-07-08 · Conversations with Tyler · Joel Mokyr on Clans, Corporations, and a Culture of Growth · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source