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high-wage economy: a standalone construct

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the argument that Britain's unusually high wages and cheap coal made labor-saving machines profitable there first, explaining where the industrial revolution began.

In economic history, high-wage economy refers to the argument that Britain's unusually high wages and cheap coal made labor-saving machines profitable there first, explaining where the industrial revolution began. This meaning comes from Allen (2011) in The Economic History Review.[1]

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  1. Allen, R. C. (2011). Why the industrial revolution was British: commerce, induced invention, and the scientific revolution. The Economic History Review, 64(2), 357-384. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0289.2010.00532.x

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