Social Sciences and History / Unit 14 SSH 1313 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Two Percent a Year Since 1800
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The idea
Since the early nineteenth century the world's leading economies have expanded GDP per capita about two percent a year, modern economic growth, facilitated by the Industrial Revolution. In the last half-century Japan, South Korea and China have shown the potential to catch up.
In practice
The glossary dates the Industrial Revolution early eighteen hundreds.
Where people slip
Small differences compound into enormous gaps.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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