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The Blue Model: Rise and Fall

What Really Matters with Walter Russell Mead

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The Blue Model

The Industrial Revolution was a big thing. It took the world a long time, even in the quote, advanced countries to figure it out and figure out how to handle it. Over 50% of the population once lived on farms today,. Less than 2% make their living from agriculture in that way. Cities go from being at most urban agglomerations of about a million people to being cities of 10, 15, 20 million people.

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