8 Industrial Revolution

Lecture

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Reading

Allen, R. C. (2009). Engels’ pause: Technical change, capital accumulation, and inequality in the British Industrial Revolution. Explorations in Economic History, 46(4), 418–435. Required. Presentation by Ranferi T.

Crafts, N. F. R. (1985). British economic growth during the Industrial Revolution. Oxford University Press. Read Ch. 2: “Estimates of Economic Growth” and Ch. 4: “Sources of Economic Growth”. Recommended. Presentation by Ignacio V. R.

Mokyr, J. (2002). The gifts of Athena: Historical origins of the knowledge economy. Princeton University Press. Read Ch. 1: “Technology and the Problem of Human Knowledge” and Ch. 3: “The Industrial Revolution and Beyond”. Required. Presentation by Mariane A. M.

Bresnahan, T. F., & Trajtenberg, M. (1995). General purpose technologies: “Engines of growth”? Journal of Econometrics, 65(1), 83–108. Recommended. Presentation by Alexandra A. N.