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Thinking about the Industrial Revolution

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John Komlos () (The Institute of Economic History, Department of Economics, University of Munich)

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Argues that the Industrial Revolution is best conceptualized as having grown out of a process that began millennia earlier, and became possible only when the European populations were able to escape from the Malthusian trap which constrained their growth in prior centuries.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, University of Munich in its series Articles by John Komlos with number 30.

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Publication status: published in Journal of European Economic History, 1989, 191-206
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Keywords: Industrial Revolution; Malthusian Trap;

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J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends and Forecasts
N33 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Income, and Wealth - - - Europe: Pre-1913

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  1. Hernando Zuleta, 2008. "Seasons, savings and GDP," DOCUMENTOS DE TRABAJO 004592, UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO - FACULTAD DE ECONOMÍA. [Downloadable!]
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