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nephist.wordpress.com
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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spinning-wheel.org
It's been fascinating seeing the responses to Judy Stephenson's post 'Spinning little stories: Why cotton in the Industrial Revolution was not what you think' on the Economic History Society'... |
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pseudoerasmus.com
{ This post is mostly stringing together my scattered tweets over the past couple of weeks. I've had numerous discussions on this subject with Vincent Geloso, Judy Stephenson, Ben Schneider, Benjamin Guilbert, Anton Howes, and Mark Koyama. But yesterday Geloso sent me the paper he's working on for Alsatian wages and that kick-started furtherthoughts I... |
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opinionatedgamers.com
The Czech Republic has quickly become the center of board game innovation in recent years. With the ascendancy of Czech Games Edition and with a diverse array of games being designed by one Vladimir or another, there seems to always be something to look forward to coming out of Germany's neighbor to the east. The... |
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