Posts Tagged Industrial Revolution
Tim Hatton on Height and Health in Britain 1880-1950
Professor Tim Hatton of the Economics Program at the Research School of Social Sciences (ANU) spoke to us about his research on health and height (stature) in turn-of-the-century Britain. What is interesting about his work, is that his data set comes from the 1937 study by Sir John Boyd Orr of working class children in 16 locations in England and Scotland and allows the study of the famous `quality, quantity tradeoff’. The interview begins by asking Tim to explain exactly what this means.
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Greg Clark on Social Darwinianism and the Industrial Revolution
Posted by sangus in Development, Growth, Interview, Podcast on 30 April, 2009
Greg Clark, Professor of Economics at University of California, Davis and author of A Farewell to Alms was recently in Australia to present a seminar on his controversial theory of Social Darwinianism to explain the industrial revolution in England. Prof. Davis, was kind enough to speak to EconomicsNow! about this work, the Malthusian Trap and why doing Economic History is well worth the effort!
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