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J.K. Lund's avatar

Allen's logic seems a tad bit circular. High wages may have helped spur some demand for machines, but what caused Britain's relatively high wages in the first place?

Surely there were economic/political elements that caused higher wages that, in a synergistic fashion, created demand for machines and probably vice versa.

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Jason Crawford's avatar

I wouldn't call it circular, but I agree that it's really just peeling back one layer of the onion, and it leaves big questions open. I addressed this a bit towards the end of my original book review

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