What caused the Industrial Revolution? It’s a perennial question that economic historians love to debate, with answers varying from geographic to institutional to ideological explanations. And a new ...

In the field of economic history, the causes and consequences of the Industrial Revolution loom large. Competing theories point to the role of institutions, scientific achievements, and bourgeois ...

Successful economic development has been an elusive target in many countries of the Global South. Considerable intellectual effort has been spent on this issue over many decades with mixed results. A ...