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Roots of the Industrial Revolution

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We analyze factors explaining the very different patterns of industrialization across the 42 counties of England … between 1760 and 1830. Against the widespread view that high wages and cheap coal drove industrialization, we find that … industrialization was restricted to low wage areas, while energy availability (coal or water) had little impact Instead we find that …

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Debt into growth : how sovereign debt accelerated the first Industrial Revolution

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The high wage economy and the industrial revolution : a restatement

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Debt into growth : how sovereign debt accelerated the first Industrial Revolution

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Why did the country that borrowed the most industrialize first? Earlier research has viewed the explosion of debt in 18th century Britain as either detrimental, or as neutral for economic growth. In this paper, we argue instead that Britain's borrowing boom was beneficial. The massive issuance...

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