Both Mokyr and Henrich argue that Western Europe, in the case of Mokyr, and the West more generally, for Henrich, have developed a set of cultural and psychological characteristics that set the West on a very different pathway of economic, scientific and social development compared to the rest of the world. First, briefly outline each author’s explanation for why this Great Divergence took place. Second, do you find one author’s explanation more convincing than the other? Why?
