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| | | | | Spinning the Industrial Revolution by Jane Humphries (Oxford) and Benjamin Schneider (Cornell) Abstract The prevailing explanation for why the Industrial Revolution occurred first in Britain 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 of new techniques. This paper... | |
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| | | | | I recently visited LVR-Industriemuseum Textilfabrik Cromford, at Ratingen, near Düsseldorf, Germany. The museum is located in the first water-powered cotton spinning mill to be built in continental... | |
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| | | | | Invented by the merchants of Renaissance Italy, capitalism now underpins almost all of the worlds economies | |
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| | | Starting Sunday (October 31, 2021), climate negotiators from nearly every country will gather for two weeks in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom to hammer out a new agreement aimed at cutting emissions to a level scientists hope will limit global warming, also known as United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). Queen Elizabeth was supposed to open it all, but canceled due to illness. William, Kate and Charles, on the other hand, they arrived. And Barack Obama. As well as the world's richest men, like Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates. | ||