Joel Mokyr

Joel Mokyr
Born (1946-07-26) 26 July 1946 (age 78)
NationalityIsraeli
American
SpouseMargalit Mokyr
Children2[3]
AwardsHeineken Award for History (2006)
Balzan Prize (2015)
Academic background
Alma materYale University (MPhil, PhD)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (BA)
Doctoral advisorWilliam N. Parker
John C. H. Fei
Academic work
DisciplineEconomic history
InstitutionsNorthwestern University
Doctoral studentsAvner Greif[1]
Main interestsEconomic history of Europe
InfluencedCormac Ó Gráda[2]

Joel Mokyr (born 26 July 1946) is a Dutch-born American-Israeli economic historian who has served as a professor of economics and history and as the Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University since 1994.[4] Since 2001, he has also served as the Sackler Professorial Fellow at the Eitan Berglas School of Economics at Tel Aviv University.[4]

  1. ^ Greif, Avner (1991). "The Organization of Long-Distance Trade: Reputation and Coalitions in the Geniza Documents and Genoa During the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries". Journal of Economic History. 51 (2): 459. doi:10.1017/S0022050700039097. S2CID 154791174.
  2. ^ de Bromhead, Alan (Winter 2017). "An Interview with Cormac Ó Gráda" (PDF). The Newsletter of the Cliometric Society. 31 (2): 20–23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-24. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  3. ^ "The Gifts of Athena" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.northwestern.edu/dist/3/1222/files/2021/08/Mokyr-2021-CV.pdf[bare URL]