Podcast
World Economic History before the Industrial Revolution, Spring 2009
Hosted by Gregory Clark · ENGLISH
This course details the nature and development of economies from pre-history to the Industrial Revolution. It explains how this was dramatically different from modern economies. Finally it considers what caused the Industrial Revolution, why it was in Europe, and why it was delayed till 1800.
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The English Industrial Revolution and Theories of Growth
Jun 3, 200900:44:32Tap to summarizeHow do the events in the English Industrial Revolution match up with theories of the origins of modern growth (chapters 11, 12)?
Transcribe →The English Industrial Revolution II
Jun 1, 200900:44:00Tap to summarizeClark discusses further the events of the Industrial Revolution (chapter 12).
Transcribe →The English Industrial Revolution I
May 29, 200900:40:36Tap to summarizeClark details what happened in England between 1760 and 1860 in the first Industrial Revolution (chapter 12).
Transcribe →Theories of the Industrial Revolution
May 27, 200900:49:15Tap to summarizeThis is a discussion of the major prevailing theories of the onset of the Industrial Revolution (chapter 11).
Transcribe →Why was the Industrial Revolution delayed 100,000 years?
May 22, 200900:47:15Tap to summarizeHaving analyzed the source of modern growth, we return to the mystery of why it took 100,000 years for it to arrive (chapter 11).
Transcribe →Modern Economic Growth II
May 20, 200900:49:15Tap to summarizeThis lectures shows that technological advance is the key and only source of modern growth (chapter 10).
Transcribe →Modern Economic Growth I
May 18, 200900:48:30Tap to summarizeThis lecture develops a simple mathematical model that illuminates the nature of economic growth since 1800 (chapter 10).
Transcribe →Cultural Changes and Modern Growth
May 13, 200900:51:50Tap to summarizeProfessor Clark argues cultural change is an important element in explaining modern high growth societies (chapter 9).
Transcribe →The Emergence of Modern Man II
May 11, 200900:49:50Tap to summarizeClark talks more about how people were changing between the Stone Age and 1800 (chapter 9).
Transcribe →The Emergence of Modern Man I
May 8, 200900:52:06Tap to summarizeMalthusian Theory predicts a world of statis. But in fact there are signs of surprising changes as we approach 1800. People were becoming less violent, more patient and more industrious (chapter 9).
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