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We take a closer look at Britain in 1700.  Both for the purpose of setting the stage for the rest of the Enlightenment arc,  but also to examine McCloskey's framing of the Big Question, Little Problem of the Industrial Revolution.

Big Question boils down to Why was western Europe able to accomplish an economic lift off in the 19th century?  specifically and only western Europe ever achieved this in all of human history.

Little Problem, Why did Britain lead western Europe in such an obvious way.  And to what extent did Britain drag Europe kicking and screaming forward vs did Britain just lead a movement in Europe that was moving this way already?

The structure of this season's approach to history is to say the Little Problem is the Big Problem of all history, but the above is Diedre McCloskey's framing and the exploration happens via Mokyr's The Enlightened Economy.