# Quote — Joel Mokyr, The Enlightened Economy

> By ignoring and evading rather than altogether abolishing obsolete rules and regulations, eighteenth century Britain moved slowly toward a free market society.

- Author: [Joel Mokyr](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joel-mokyr.md)
- Book: [The Enlightened Economy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joel-mokyr/the-enlightened-economy.md)
- Page: 397
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joel_Mokyr#The_Enlightened_Economy:_Britain_and_the_Industrial_Revolution,_1700%E2%80%931850._2010) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
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