Joel Mokyr will discuss the Great Divergence, the rapid economic and technological growth between c. 1500 and 1950, that gave the West the opportunity to dominate (and often oppress and exploit) the rest of the world.

Knowledge as a Source of the Great Divergence

A weekly series of short video debates from LSE's Institute of Public Affairs. Conor Gearty, director of the IPA and professor of human rights law, subjects LSE academics to a five-minute grilling on their research and ideas.

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