world economic history: introduction october 1, 2007
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World Economic History:
IntroductionOctober 1, 2007
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Growth, historically
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Introduction
The Malthusian trap
The Industrial Revolution
The Great Divergence
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Life expectancy (years) - today & back then
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90
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DivergingGDP per capita
1990 International Geary-Khamis dollars
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1 1000 1500 1600 1700 1820 1900 1950 2000
Western EuropeWestern OffshootsAsia AfricaWorldLatin America
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The Malthusian economy
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The Malthusian trap
Who was Malthus?
The model
The trap
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The 3 assumptions Each society has a birth rate (B) that
increases with material living standards The death rate (D) declines as living
standards increase Material living standards decline as
population increases
PopulationIncome per capita
B-D
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Surviving children per woman, pre-modern
1.90
1.95
2.00
2.05
2.10
Norway SouthernItaly
France England NorthernItaly
Iceland
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Life expectancy and death rates
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120
5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Death rate (per thousand)
Lif
e ex
pec
tanc
y (y
ears
)
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Long-run equilibrium in the Malthusian economy
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Revealed technological advance
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Virtues and Vices in the Malthusian model
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Living standards
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Wages and Prices – some examples
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Real Wages, England 1250-1850
The plague
Stagnant living standards….
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GDP per capita: England vs. the other countries
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Evidence for other countries in pre-modern times
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5
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25
30
Ancie
nt Bab
ylonia
Classic
al Athe
ns
Roman
Egy
pt
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nd*
Amste
rdam
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Paris
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China*
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Japa
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Day
wag
e in
pou
nds of
whe
at (*) 1780-1800 (**) 1750-1849
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Calories intake per capita
0500
10001500200025003000350040004500 (*) 1878-96 (**) 1812 (***)1980s (****)1970s
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Stature and living standards
62
63
64
65
66
67
68 (*) 1710-59 (**)1830s (***)1819-39 (****)1800-29 (*****) 1883-92
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Hours worked
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2
4
6
8
10
12
England1720-39
England1780-99
Tatuyo Ache Yanomano