Why the IR happened in the 1800
The chapter I am going to review is from the book “A farewell to Alms”. It discusses the divide between rich and poor nations that came about as a result of the Industrial
Revolution in terms of the evolution of particular behaviors originating in Britain. Prior to
1790 man faced a Malthusian trap: new technology enabled greater productivity and more food, but was quickly gobbled up by higher populations. And the the author of this book that had mixed reviews but evaluated the book as well written and interesting is Gregory Clark a professor of economics and department chair until 2013 at the University of California
The Industrial Revolution, the escape from the Malthusian trap, was a great breakthrough in human history that in many ways (higher standards of living, housing, population increase and so on) forever changed the lifestyles of millions of people. So far no one has figured out why the Industrial Revolution was delayed until around the
1800.Even though there are many different theories trying to solve the puzzle of the
Industrial Revolution all of them face some problems and Gregory Clark tells us about the main theories and gives us his reasoning as to why explaining the Industrial
Revolution is an almost impossible challenge. Since the industrial boom had such a huge impact on humanity I believe that the problem Clark is mentioning is highly important because complete knowledge of how it all began may trigger a new wave of modernizations and different transitions. Even though I don’t agree with everything
Clark says (more on that later) it is amazing how much effort he put in his book considering that he spent 20 years scanning medieval English archives to give us his ideas on the troublesome question my essay is about. His opinions are well argumented and even if it is hard to agree with some of them it is even harder to constructively disagree. In my essay I will give you a brief summary of what Clark writes
Revolution in terms of the evolution of particular behaviors originating in Britain. Prior to
1790 man faced a Malthusian trap: new technology enabled greater productivity and more food, but was quickly gobbled up by higher populations. And the the author of this book that had mixed reviews but evaluated the book as well written and interesting is Gregory Clark a professor of economics and department chair until 2013 at the University of California
The Industrial Revolution, the escape from the Malthusian trap, was a great breakthrough in human history that in many ways (higher standards of living, housing, population increase and so on) forever changed the lifestyles of millions of people. So far no one has figured out why the Industrial Revolution was delayed until around the
1800.Even though there are many different theories trying to solve the puzzle of the
Industrial Revolution all of them face some problems and Gregory Clark tells us about the main theories and gives us his reasoning as to why explaining the Industrial
Revolution is an almost impossible challenge. Since the industrial boom had such a huge impact on humanity I believe that the problem Clark is mentioning is highly important because complete knowledge of how it all began may trigger a new wave of modernizations and different transitions. Even though I don’t agree with everything
Clark says (more on that later) it is amazing how much effort he put in his book considering that he spent 20 years scanning medieval English archives to give us his ideas on the troublesome question my essay is about. His opinions are well argumented and even if it is hard to agree with some of them it is even harder to constructively disagree. In my essay I will give you a brief summary of what Clark writes