Joel Mokyr

Joel Mokyr

Keynote Speaker: American-Israeli Economic Historian; Nobel Prize Winner in Economic Sciences

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Joel Mokyr Biography

Joel Mokyr is the Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Economics and History at Northwestern University, as well as Sackler Professor at the Eitan Berglas School of Economics at Tel Aviv University. He is an American-Israeli economic historian, he specializes in economic history and the economics of technological and population change.

Mokyr is the author of numerous influential works, including Why Ireland Starved, The Lever of Riches, The British Industrial Revolution: An Economic Perspective, The Gifts of Athena, The Enlightened Economy, and A Culture of Growth (Princeton University Press, 2016). He has published more than 100 articles and books in his field.

He has served as senior editor of the Journal of Economic History and editor-in-chief of both the Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History and the Princeton University Press series Economic History of the Western World. He has also led several professional associations, including the Economic History Association, the Midwest Economics Association, and the Atlantic Economic Association. Mokyr is a director of the National Bureau of Economic Research and chairs the advisory committee for the Institutions, Organizations, and Growth program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.

Mokyr earned his undergraduate degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and his Ph.D. from Yale University. He has taught at Northwestern since 1974 and held visiting appointments at Harvard, Stanford, the University of Chicago, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, University College Dublin, and the University of Manchester.

Among his many honors, Mokyr received the Heineken Prize for History from the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and the Balzan Prize for Economic History. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Econometric Society, and the Cliometric Society; a foreign fellow of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei; and a corresponding fellow of the British Academy. His books have received numerous awards, including the Joseph Schumpeter Memorial Prize, the Ranki Prize, the Donald Price Prize, and the Allan Sharlin Prize. In 2018 he received an honorary doctorate from the National University of Uruguay and was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association. In 2019 he was awarded the Jonathan Hughes Prize for excellence in teaching economic history.

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Joel Mokyr is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Economy, Professors and Education. Please contact us for live or virtual event fee details. Joel Mokyr can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Peter Howitt, David Daokui Li and William Easterly. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Joel Mokyr for an upcoming event.

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Joel Mokyr Videos

The origins of economic prosperity: lessons from the enlightenment – Joel Mokyr
The Growth of Useful Knowledge - Joel Mokyr
Northwestern professor Joel Mokyr awarded Nobel Prize for ...
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  • What topics does Joel Mokyr speak about?

    Joel Mokyr is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Economy, Professors, Education, History and Author.
  • Who is the agent for Joel Mokyr?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Joel Mokyr for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Joel Mokyr for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Joel Mokyr or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
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