Gregori Galofré-Vilà in the latest Social Science History shows that informal networks of Freemasonry, friendly societies, etc contributed disproportionately to innovation in 19th century Britain - strengthening the Joel Mokyr perspective with detail about the dissemination of ideas
https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2022.49
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