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2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Joel Mokyr · across every show →

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Jan 2, 2019
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Mokyr: Almost All Economics Breakthroughs in Last 25 Years Came From Outside Fields
“The last, I think, 20, 25 years, almost all of the major breakthroughs have occurred by people coming in with ideas from psychology or from mathematics. And basically introducing these into economics.”
Joel Mokyr Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 19:01 a16z Podcast | Knowledge Builds Technology and Technology Builds Knowledge -- with Joel Mokyr
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Seemingly Irrational Historical Rituals Are Actually Rational Economic Behaviors
“People engage in all kinds of stuff that seems batshit crazy, but if you examine it through the lens of economics, if you just think about it in terms of basic constraints, you know, the limitations that people confront given their environments and the incenti…”
Peter Leeson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:06 a16z Podcast | The Why Behind the Weird
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