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Industrial Revolution did not Boost Economic Growth and the Growth of Population even in the United Kingdom

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  • Ron W. NIELSEN

    (Griffith University, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Australia)

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Data describing economic growth and the growth of human population in the United Kingdom are analysed. Contrary to the widely accepted interpretations, Industrial Revolution had no impact on shaping trajectories of economic growth and of the growth of population. Within the range of analysable data, there was also no Malthusian stagnation. Consequently, there was no escape from Malthusian trap because there was no trap in the economic growth and in the growth of human population. The United Kingdom was the centre of the Industrial Revolution and yet its data are in the direct contradiction of the currently accepted interpretations. It is fortunate that natural processes did not comply with our fanciful and wished-for explanations of the mechanism of growth. If they did, if the generally claimed takeoffs did occur, it would have been a disaster because economic growth and the growth of population would have been already unmanageable everywhere.

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  • Ron W. NIELSEN, 2016. "Industrial Revolution did not Boost Economic Growth and the Growth of Population even in the United Kingdom," Journal of Economics Bibliography, EconSciences Journals, vol. 3(4), pages 577-589, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cvv:journ6:v:3:y:2016:i:4:p:577-589
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    • A10 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - General
    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
    • C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Hypothesis Testing: General
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