t-A Revolution Of the Mind

Knowledge in the Service of Production

The Wall Street Journal

TREVOR BUTTERWORTH | The Wall Street Journal

The Industrial Enlightenment put knowledge in the service of production, changing the course of history.

Why did Britain have an industrial revolution first?

Mr. Mokyr's answer is that in Britain ideas interacted vigorously with business interests in "a positive feedback loop that created the greatest sea change in economic history since the advent of culture."

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