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The Little Divergence
You talked about britain and the dutch republic having been commercial societies before they were industrial ones. How deep do you think that goes? I mean, because there're some people, when they talk about this great divergence of northwestern europe from the rest of the world,. It's almost a momentary thing that happens just right around 18 hundred or the roots of it go all the way back to the roman empire. Which of those explanations do you prefer? Do you, i mean, do you have a prayfor yo?