Progress Studies

Progress researcher awarded Nobel prize in Economics (again!)

Joel Mokyr greatly deserves the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics

Oct 13 •

My 10-year anniversary in Progress Studies

Somebody bake me a cake!

Jan 3 •

An Introduction to Progress Studies (the series)

Let's get acquainted with an exciting new field of intellectual inquiry.

Dec 17, 2024 •

The National Progress Queue: Why Nations Industrialize in a Predictable Order

How deep historical forces and modern economics combine to determine which nations move from poverty to progress—and in what order.

Dec 10, 2024 •

Why Progress supporters need to make progress their #1 goal

Yeah, I know that should be obvious, but some people apparently did not get the memo.

Nov 25, 2024 •

An Introduction to Progress Studies

Let's get acquainted with an exciting new field of intellectual inquiry

Apr 25, 2024 •

How and why Commercial Societies created material progress

And why they did so long before the Industrial Revolution

Mar 18, 2024 •

Was the Industrial Revolution inevitable?

Or even likely?

Mar 4, 2024 •

Historians have misunderstood pre-Industrial England

It was unusual long before the Industrial Revolution

Feb 27, 2024 •

Books that influenced me the most

And why you should read every one of them

Feb 9, 2024 •

32:36

The Ten Best Books on Progress

Watch now | And why you should read every one of them

Feb 2, 2024 •

7:55

Why studying Progress may be an antidote to your troubles

And it is a hell of a lot cheaper than therapy!

Jan 30, 2024 •

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