Unusually Innovative Times
We live in unusually innovative times, a significant departure from most of human history when economic growth was bleak.
Around the Enlightenment, things started to change, leading to sustained economic growth. This year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to a trio of researchers, including Joel Mokyr, who focuses on how technological progress drove this growth.
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Author's summary: Innovative times driven by technological progress.