Different Paths




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ClassGraphic By the year 1000, China was the most economically advanced and politically developed country in the world, while western Europe remained a fractured group of warring tribes struggling to survive. In the next millennium, western civilization delivered the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, and transformed the world economy, while China stagnated, a crippled giant. Why the reversal? In their new book Two Paths to Prosperity (Princeton Press November, 2025), NU Professor and recent Nobel Prize for Economics recipient Joel Mokyr, along with his co-authors Avner Greif and Guido Tabellini, explore critical differences in culture, society, and institutional organization to answer this question. Join us for a fascinating discussion in economic and comparative history that may inform western responses to China's resurgence in the 21st Century. 
 

Class Details

14 Session(s)
Weekly - Wed

Location
Wieboldt Hall

Instructor
Multiple

Tuition: 

$0.00

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Schedule Information

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
3/4/2026 - 6/3/2026 Weekly - Wed 09:45 AM - 11:45 AM Chicago, Wieboldt Hall  Map Joe Hinkel  ; Richard Krantz  ; Margaret A Schilt 

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