Institutions, ideas and economic change: some reflections on Geoffrey Hodgson's ‘Culture and Institutions’

• Published in: Journal of institutional economics Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 169 - 174
• Main Author: Mokyr, Joel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.02.2022
• Subjects: Bias; Conferences; Econometrics; Economic history; Social networks; Taboos; Technological change; Economic growth; evolutionary models

Professor Hodgson in his review of my A Culture of Growth (Princeton University Press, 2016) raises a number of important issues. One of them is the usefulness of the concept of a ‘market for ideas’ as an analytical tool in discussing the way cultural change affects economic change. Even though ther...