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We tend to think of Britain's Industrial Revolution (1740 - 1850) as a seismic event.

Rather it was a period of sustained growth (1-2%) - that was "revolutionary" relative to the 0-0.2% growth seen for much of human history

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This is from Peter Mathias's book - "The First Industrial Nation" - an Economic history of Britain b/w 1700 and 1914
What's interesting is that at no phase during the whole of 19th century (leave alone 18th), did Britain's real growth rate exceed 3% consistently
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