Robin Hanson writes:
> >Britain also had massive growth in this period. Who was the external
> >investor?
>
> What period are you talking about?
> Britain roughly doubled its GDP from 1830 to 1870, and then doubled again
> from 1870 to 1910. (Per-capita growth was slower, doubling once in this
> whole period.) Britain grew *slower* than the rest of Europe.
This doesn't accord with my memory on the subject -- I'll have to
check a few references.
Perry
Received on Thu Apr 30 22:42:24 1998
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