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Swing riots: a standalone construct

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Economic history

the 1830 English farmworker riots against threshing machines, used to test whether labor-saving technology provokes unrest.

In economic history, Swing riots refers to the 1830 English farmworker riots against threshing machines, used to test whether labor-saving technology provokes unrest. This meaning comes from Caprettini (2020) in American Economic Review: Insights.[1]

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  1. Caprettini, B., & Voth, H. (2020). Rage against the Machines: Labor-Saving Technology and Unrest in Industrializing England. American Economic Review: Insights, 2(3), 305-320. https://doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20190385

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