World Economic History before the Industrial Revolution, Spring 2009

Gregory Clark

This course details the nature and development of economies from pre-history to the Industrial Revolution. It explains how this was dramatically different from modern economies. Finally it considers what caused the Industrial Revolution, why it was in Europe, and why it was delayed till 1800.

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The Logic of the Malthusian Model III

World Economic History before the Industrial Revolution, Spring 2009

04/06/09 • 50 min

Professor Clark addresses "Virtue and Vice in the Malthusian World" (chapter 2).

The Logic of the Malthusian Model IV

World Economic History before the Industrial Revolution, Spring 2009

04/08/09 • 48 min

Clark speaks more on "Virtue and Vice in the Malthusian World" (chapter 2).

Stagnating Living Standards before 1800

World Economic History before the Industrial Revolution, Spring 2009

04/10/09 • 46 min

Clark gives the empirical evidence for the failure of living standards to rise between 100,000 BC and 1800 (chapter 3).

Limits on Pre-Industrial Fertility

World Economic History before the Industrial Revolution, Spring 2009

04/17/09 • 51 min

Clark discusses the unusual nature of fertility limitation in pre-industrial societies (chapter 4).

Survival of the Richest

World Economic History before the Industrial Revolution, Spring 2009

04/20/09 • 51 min

Professor Clark shows that a crucial difference between fertility before 1800 and now is that prior to 1800 the rich had a great advantage in producing surviving children (chapter 6).

Social Mobility

World Economic History before the Industrial Revolution, Spring 2009

04/29/09 • 48 min

Professor Clark shows that pre-industrial England had very high rates of social mobility. This was not a society where talent was trapped at the bottom of society.

Why was the Industrial Revolution delayed 100,000 years?

World Economic History before the Industrial Revolution, Spring 2009

05/22/09 • 47 min

Having analyzed the source of modern growth, we return to the mystery of why it took 100,000 years for it to arrive (chapter 11).

Cultural Changes and Modern Growth

World Economic History before the Industrial Revolution, Spring 2009

05/13/09 • 51 min

Professor Clark argues cultural change is an important element in explaining modern high growth societies (chapter 9).

Modern Economic Growth I

World Economic History before the Industrial Revolution, Spring 2009

05/18/09 • 48 min

This lecture develops a simple mathematical model that illuminates the nature of economic growth since 1800 (chapter 10).

The Logic of the Malthusian Model II

World Economic History before the Industrial Revolution, Spring 2009

04/03/09 • 51 min

Clark further illustrate the logic and implications of Malthusian theory (chapter 2).

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