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Journal of Economic Literature Vol. 54 No. 2 2016

Review Essay on British Economic Growth, 1270–1870 by Stephen Broadberry, Bruce M. S. Campbell, Alexander Klein, Mark Overton, and Bas van Leeuwen

Jeffrey G. Williamson

Harvard University and the University of Wisconsin

Abstract

British Economic Growth, 1270–1870 makes a big leap forward in our understanding of the long-run performance of what became the leading nineteenth-century economy and the workshop of the world. It does so by implementing a giant quantitative enterprise, one that will make it the standard data source for studying the evolution of the British economy for decades to come.

DOI
10.1257/jel.54.2.514
Volume
54
Issue
2
Pages
514-521
Language
en
Sources
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