Spinning the industrial revolution
The prevailing explanation for why the Industrial Revolution occurred first in Britain during the last quarter of the eighteenth century is Robert Allen’s (2009) ‘high-wage economy’ view, which claims that the high cost of labour relative to capital and fuel incentivized innovation and the adoption...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Sprache: | English |
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Wiley
2018
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