Ranked #1
Modern Economic Growth II
Modern Economic Growth II
This lectures shows that technological advance is the key and only source of modern growth (chapter 10).
20 May 2009
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49mins
Ranked #2
Limits on Pre-Industrial Fertility
Limits on Pre-Industrial Fertility
Clark discusses the unusual nature of fertility limitation in pre-industrial societies (chapter 4).
17 Apr 2009
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51mins
Ranked #3
The Emergence of Modern Man I
The Emergence of Modern Man I
Malthusian Theory predicts a world of statis. But in fact there are signs of surprising changes as we approach 1800. Pe... Read more
8 May 2009
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52mins
Ranked #4
The Myth of Institutional Barriers
The Myth of Institutional Barriers
Clark explains further why institutions explain much less about economic success and failures, in the past and now, than... Read more
6 May 2009
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50mins
Ranked #5
Institutions and Technological Change before 1800
Institutions and Technological Change before 1800
Clark shows that pre-industrial institutions were not a barrier to technological advance (chapter 8).
4 May 2009
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54mins
Ranked #6
The Malthusian Trap - Slow Technological Advance
The Malthusian Trap - Slow Technological Advance
This lecture uses Malthusian Theory to measure the rate of technological advance in the world 100,000 B.C. to 1800 A.D.,... Read more
1 May 2009
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49mins
Ranked #7
Social Mobility
Social Mobility
Professor Clark shows that pre-industrial England had very high rates of social mobility. This was not a society where t... Read more
29 Apr 2009
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48mins
Ranked #8
Pre-Industrial Mortality
Pre-Industrial Mortality
Clark further discusses the different sources of mortality and their social consequences in the Malthusian Era (chapter ... Read more
27 Apr 2009
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49mins
Ranked #9
Survival of the Richest II
Survival of the Richest II
This lecture illustrates that in settled agrarian societies, survival of the richest was favoring a very different set o... Read more
22 Apr 2009
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51mins
Ranked #10
Survival of the Richest
Survival of the Richest
Professor Clark shows that a crucial difference between fertility before 1800 and now is that prior to 1800 the rich had... Read more
20 Apr 2009
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51mins