Did the British Empire REALLY Drive the Industrial Revolution? IEA Debates

A structured debate on whether empire and colonial riches actually powered Britain’s industrial breakthrough.

Industrial revolutionDebateintermediatebritish empirecolonialismcounterfactual analysisfree tradeimperial economicsindustrial revolutionKristian NiemietzLawrence GoldmanVictoria BatemanZareer Masani

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