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Wednesday 04 February 2026, 17:00-18:30
Economic development in early modern England and Wales: A review of the evidence
- đ¤ Speaker: Leigh Shaw-Taylor (Cambridge University)
- đ Date & Time: Wednesday 04 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
- đ Venue: William Hardy Building Room 101, Department of Geography and on Zoom
Abstract
Broadberry et al argue that GDP per capita was flat from c.1390-1650. This is the only metric used to measure economic development is GDP per capita. Whittle and Whittle et al argue there was no change in the distribution of time use across the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors 1500-1700. Both accounts seem to suggest there was no economic development in this period. This work is flatly contradicted by a large and long-standing, richly evidenced, secondary literature on early modern economic development which these authors ignore entirely. Data on occupational structure are consistent with the existing secondary literature but allow us to quantify change reliably and for the first time.
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