The Industrial Revolution - University of California, Davis

KEYWORDS: Industrial Revolution, Economic Growth, Growth Theory JEL CODES: N13, O33, O43, O47 Introduction The economic history of the world is surprisingly simple. It can be presented in one diagram, as in figure 1 below. Before 1800 income per capita for all the societies we observe fluctuated. There were good and bad periods.

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