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Economic growth is the central problem of economic historians and growth theorists. This paper aims to bridge these literatures. How can growth theories help us understand the histories of Europe and Asia? What challenges do those histories pose to theorists? These questions will be pursed by analyzing the rise of the western world, the first industrial revolution, the emergence of a world economy, and twentieth century crises and success.

The perspective will be broad and include mainstream neoclassical theories as well as cultural, political, and world systems explanations.

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