The industrial revolution an energy revolution
Opening Pandora’s box: A new look at the industrial revolution / Tony Wrigley, Vox.EU.org, 22 July 2011
http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/6781
Before the industrial revolution, economists considered output to be fundamentally constrained by the limited supply of land. This column explores how the industrial revolution managed to break free from these shackles. It describes the important innovations that made the industrial revolution an energy revolution…