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pseudoerasmus.com
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| | | | | { 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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growthecon.wordpress.com
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| | | | | NOTE: The Growth Economics Blog has moved sites. Click here to find this post at the new site. I'm not an economic historian, but like most growth economists I am an avid consumer of economic history. Maybe it's our version of "physics envy". Regardless, it isn't always obvious why growth economists look backwards so much... | |
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nephist.wordpress.com
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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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theimaginativeconservative.org
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| | | To counteract the disorder of a city engulfed by internal strife and upheaval, we in the West would do well to rediscover the true meaning of vocation. We may cultivate an abundant yield simply by applying the virtues we associate with the master craftsman-diligence, recognition of quality, and striving for mastery-to whatever we do, whether work or leisure. (essay by Matthew Pheneger) | ||
