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The Unbound Prometheus: Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present.
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This article is published in The Economic Journal.The article was published on 1970-03-01. It has received 251 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Technological change.read more
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Progressive Enlightenment: The Origins of the Gaslight Industry, 1780-1820 by Leslie Tomory
TL;DR: Tomory et al. as mentioned in this paper studied the origins of the gaslight industry in the period 1780-1820, focusing on the early years of the Industrial Revolution and the development of gaslight technology.
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Schumpeter Redux: A Review of Raghuram G. Rajan and Luigi Zingales's Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists
TL;DR: Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists as discussed by the authors is an ambitious probe into capitalism's past, present, and future, where Rajan and Zingales argue that free financial markets foster economic progress while undermining the ability of incumbents to have their way.
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The economic determinants of innovation
TL;DR: In a knowledge-based economy, the primary competition is competition to innovate first, not competition to cut prices as standard economics posits as mentioned in this paper. But unlike monopolies in standard economic theory, innovation-based monopolies are temporary for they last only until another innovator makes yesterday's innovation obsolete.
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Productivity Growth in Manufacturing During Early Industrialization: Evidence from the American Northeast, 1820 to 1860
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report estimates of labor and total factor productivity for thirteen manufacturing industries in the Northeast over the period from 1820 to 1860, and find that although the highly mechanized and capital-intensive industries, such as cotton and wool textiles, realized somewhat more rapid progress than the others did, even the latter managed major advances.
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The historiography of French economic growth in the nineteenth century
TL;DR: There has been a long-standing debate about French nineteenth-century economic growth as mentioned in this paper, and the debate has been somewhat politicized, and moderate revisionism has now prevails.