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Rationally Speaking #184 - Gregory Clark on "What caused the industrial revolution?"
Rationally Speaking #184 - Gregory Clark on "What caused the industrial revolution?"
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Length:
66 minutes
Released:
May 14, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
Nothing changed the course of human history as much as the industrial revolution. Yet its cause is a mystery: Why did it occur in the late 1700s, and not sooner (or later)? Why did it occur in Britain, a relatively small and geographically isolated country, and not somewhere much bigger like China, or elsewhere in Northern Europe like the Netherlands? This episode features economic historian Gregory Clark, author of A Farewell to Alms and one of the leading scholars of the industrial revolution. Greg and Julia explore different theories, as well as the epistemological challenges of answering this kind of causal question about history.
Released:
May 14, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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