Do economic models really enable us to see more by looking at less? Does the technological choice model satisfactorily explain why the Industrial Revolution first occurred in Britain? Does the Malthusian model satisfactorily explain the relatively stagnant incomes until about 1800?

Industrial Revolution

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Do economic models really enable us to see more by looking at less? Does the technological choice model satisfactorily explain why the Industrial Revolution first occurred in Britain? Does the Malthusian model satisfactorily explain the relatively stagnant incomes until about 1800? Are humans fundamentally animals, as Malthus contends? Does population growth still threaten to undermine economic progress? Can you imagine a model, contrary to the Malthusian model, in which population growth increases rather than decreases average income?