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How the Industrial Revolution Changed the World: Interview with Economist Duncan Weldon

Tides of History

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What Is the Industrial Revolution?

Malthus wasn't wrong about population, says Andrew Keen. But he was waiting for centuries of demographic data to prove it right, argues Keen. The industrial revolution is not because of the spinning genny and what that does to cotton weaving,. It's not some fancy new metalogical process allowing us to get better steel. And after 18 hundred we move into a world where we expect to be better off than our parents were.

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