People generally underestimate just how special the conditions of 17th century Britain were.
Somehow something happened that started the modern era of economic, technological and industrial progress. Before then pretty much everyone lived in a Malthusian trap where economic development was temporary at best.
And there’s still not a great deal of consensus on what exactly caused modern economic development to start happening in Britain.
Somehow something happened that started the modern era of economic, technological and industrial progress. Before then pretty much everyone lived in a Malthusian trap where economic development was temporary at best.
And there’s still not a great deal of consensus on what exactly caused modern economic development to start happening in Britain.