World Economic History before the Industrial Revolution, Spring 2009

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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.

Gregory Clark

  • Jun 3, 2009 LATEST EPISODE
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The English Industrial Revolution and Theories of Growth

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2009 44:32


How do the events in the English Industrial Revolution match up with theories of the origins of modern growth (chapters 11, 12)?

The English Industrial Revolution II

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2009 44:00


Clark discusses further the events of the Industrial Revolution (chapter 12).

The English Industrial Revolution I

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2009 40:36


Clark details what happened in England between 1760 and 1860 in the first Industrial Revolution (chapter 12).

Theories of the Industrial Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2009 49:15


This is a discussion of the major prevailing theories of the onset of the Industrial Revolution (chapter 11).

Why was the Industrial Revolution delayed 100,000 years?

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2009 47:15


Having analyzed the source of modern growth, we return to the mystery of why it took 100,000 years for it to arrive (chapter 11).

Modern Economic Growth II

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2009 49:15


This lectures shows that technological advance is the key and only source of modern growth (chapter 10).

Modern Economic Growth I

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2009 48:30


This lecture develops a simple mathematical model that illuminates the nature of economic growth since 1800 (chapter 10).

Cultural Changes and Modern Growth

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2009 51:50


Professor Clark argues cultural change is an important element in explaining modern high growth societies (chapter 9).

The Emergence of Modern Man II

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2009 49:50


Clark talks more about how people were changing between the Stone Age and 1800 (chapter 9).

The Emergence of Modern Man I

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2009 52:06


Malthusian 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).

The Myth of Institutional Barriers

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2009 50:02


Clark explains further why institutions explain much less about economic success and failures, in the past and now, than economists routinely believe.

Institutions and Technological Change before 1800

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2009 54:00


Clark shows that pre-industrial institutions were not a barrier to technological advance (chapter 8).

The Malthusian Trap - Slow Technological Advance

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2009 49:40


This lecture uses Malthusian Theory to measure the rate of technological advance in the world 100,000 B.C. to 1800 A.D., and shows it was dramatically slower than in the modern world (chapter 7).

Social Mobility

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2009 48:45


Professor Clark shows that pre-industrial England had very high rates of social mobility. This was not a society where talent was trapped at the bottom of society.

Pre-Industrial Mortality

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2009 49:49


Clark further discusses the different sources of mortality and their social consequences in the Malthusian Era (chapter 5).

Survival of the Richest II

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2009 51:00


This lecture illustrates that in settled agrarian societies, survival of the richest was favoring a very different set of behaviors than in hunter-gatherer societies (chapter 6).

Survival of the Richest

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2009 51:34


Professor Clark shows that a crucial difference between fertility before 1800 and now is that prior to 1800 the rich had a great advantage in producing surviving children (chapter 6).

Limits on Pre-Industrial Fertility

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2009 51:11


Clark discusses the unusual nature of fertility limitation in pre-industrial societies (chapter 4).

Fertility in the Pre-industrial World

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2009 50:32


Professor Clark gives evidence that there was no decline in fertility between the Stone Age and 1800 (chapter 4).

More on Living Standards

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2009 48:00


Professor Clark offers various ways we can measure the failure of the human condition to improve before 1800 (chapter 3).

Stagnating Living Standards before 1800

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2009 46:08


Clark gives the empirical evidence for the failure of living standards to rise between 100,000 BC and 1800 (chapter 3).

The Logic of the Malthusian Model IV

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2009 48:50


Clark speaks more on "Virtue and Vice in the Malthusian World" (chapter 2).

The Logic of the Malthusian Model III

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2009 50:15


Professor Clark addresses "Virtue and Vice in the Malthusian World" (chapter 2).

The Logic of the Malthusian Model II

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2009 51:20


Clark further illustrate the logic and implications of Malthusian theory (chapter 2).

The Logic of the Malthusian Model I

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2009 47:51


Clark addresses a simple but powerful theory of the failure of living standards to improve before 1800 (chapter 2).

Introduction

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2009 20:05


This class tackles the question: Why was there no improvement in human material conditions before 1800, and what triggered the Industrial Revolution? (Book chapter 1)

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