Hanging with History
The first season focuses on the origins of the Industrial Revolution or the Great Enrichment, we go deep into history to gain enough background knowledge to actually understand the various theories of the origins of the Great Enrichment. Eventually we learn that we also need to know how the miracle was consolidated, as the many other close approaches to the Industrial Revolution failed.A kwirky style, but intellectually ambitious with the goal of understanding history well enough to understand the miracle that happened that one time. It's gonna be a long series.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 186
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
126. Industrial Enlightenment, the Entrepreneurs
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Paradox abounds when we look at entrepreneurs. Expected returns are negative, but this doesn't really matter and we explain why. Bankru…
125. Industrial Revolution, Is the Company an Artificial Intelligence?
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Alternative Title: Families, Firms and Factories. Half the episode is a deep dive into the trio of Samuel Bentham, Marc Brunel, and Henr…
124. Industrial Revolution: Statistical Mishmash
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A novel theory of the distribution of consumption during the end of the 2nd hundred years war is developed.
We explain the problems of rel…
123. The Industrial Revolution Service sectors, Part 2, Finance and Medicine
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Finance and medicine may seem like a mismatched pair.
They wrap up our coverage of the Service Sectors in the Industrial Revolution.
We cov…
122. Industrial Revolution Service Sectors Part 1, Service Sectors, Transportation
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Service sectors were a key part of the British economy, even in the 18th century.. This shows that the Industrial Revolution was more th…
The Industrial Revolution; Agriculture
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We finish integrating the story of Britain's 3.5X rise in population from 1700-1850 by explaining how they all got fed. In complete cont…
120. Foreign Trade and the Industrial Revolution
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To what extent does foreign trade contribute to the Industrial Revolution.
There is certainly some entanglement and a weak case can be be …
119. Technological Advance and Social Dynamite
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Balloons and lighting rods. Platinum, not gold. Ceramics and Lighting. Chlorine bleach.
We take a look at often neglected technological…
118. Technological Change and Time Series
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To what degree does technological change depend on science in the Industrial Revolution. We look at the paradigmatic cases of Steam Powe…
117. The Industrial Revolution: Skilled Workmen
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This is one of the less intuitive ideas about the origins of the Industrial Revolution. An historically unique concentration of skilled …
Industrial Revolution; From Ideas to Practical Reality
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We explore a couple 100 year cycles to move from Enlightenment ideas to practical products cheap and reliable enough for a large market t…
The British Industrial Enlightenment
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The British Enlightenment was slightly different in character from the French Enlightenment. Britain had already accomplished many of th…
Industrial Enlightenment ; Applied Enlightenment Ideals
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During the enlightenment there are profound differences of opinion. But there is a sense that human progress and social progress for the…
Industrial Revolution, The Grand Theory of History
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We look at the destructive forces that hold back all societies from achieving the miracle - modern economic growth.
There are two negative…
Industrial Revolution: 1700, Big Problem/Little Problem
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We take a closer look at Britain in 1700. Both for the purpose of setting the stage for the rest of the Enlightenment arc, but also to …
The Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution
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We move into the analysis of how the Enlightenment affected the Industrial Revolution. The Primary text for this arc will be Joel Moky…
Raising Water by Fire
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We take a look at the advent of steam power and its deep historical origins.
The first steam engines in China were imported from Britain, …
Abraham Darby, Coincidence and the Industrial Revolution
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The first major advances in ironmaking were the byproducts of industrial espionage and whiskey.
We get into a more detailed look at the ea…
The Industrial Revolution; Textiles and Flexibility
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This episode focuses on cotton industry advances in the 18th century. It covers the unique situation of a demand fueled series of invent…
The Industrial Revolution in Britain
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The date is 1760. The Industrial Revolution is about to get underway. Abraham Darby has already broken the Dutch monopoly of brass. He…