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Prof. Sir Tony Wrigley, Cambridge
Tuesday 22 October 2013, 17:45-19:15
Energy and the industrial revolution: opening Pandora's box
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- đ¤ Speaker: Prof. Sir Tony Wrigley, Cambridge
- đ Date & Time: Tuesday 22 October 2013, 17:45 - 19:15
- đ Venue: Gatsby Room, Wolfson College
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Sebastian Keibek
Abstract
The two most fundamental transformations of economic life in human history were the Neolithic food revolution and the industrial revolution. It is no surprise that the latter was unexpected by contemporaries, but it is intriguing and instructive that those who were best informed, such as, for example, Adam Smith and the other classical economists, were explicit that such a transformation was impossible. The paradox can be resolved, however, by considering the role of energy supply in the transformation which was taking place.
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