Economy, Culture, and the Historical Origins of Capitalism

Economics

Economy, Culture, and the Historical Origins of Capitalism

ABSTRACT

In this conference we examined three contending views of the relationship of markets and culture in the explanation of the rise of capitalism: Joyce Appleby’s Relentless Revolution, Joel Mokyr’s The Enlightened Economy, and Deirdre McCloskey’s Bourgeois Dignity.

READING LIST

Conference Readings

Appleby, Joyce. The Relentless Revolution: A History of Capitalism. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2010.

McCloskey, Deirdre N. Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Mokyr, Joel. The Enlightened Economy: An Economic History of Britain 1700-1850. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010.