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Why are some countries more successful than others?

The David McWilliams Podcast

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Why Did the Industrial Revolution Happen?

The Industrial Revolution took off in Great Britain, Scotland and Northern England. The tinkerers, not always the elites or the nobles, just kept on doing things. And there was a cumulative self-reinforcement to this process. It percolated out into other countries, France and Germany.

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