Mokyr, Joel; Nye, John V. C. - In: Southern Economic Journal 74 (2007) 1, pp. 50-70
From the late 1600s to the mid 1800s, Britain was able to transform from a divided kingdom with a fragmented, often stagnant economy into a powerful and stable state that simultaneously saw an expansion in the power, wealth, and stability of the central government while encouraging an economic...