Hanging with History

The State and the Industrial Revolution, Part 2


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We finish up the crime issues, the bloody codes, private prosecution of crime, transportation to Australia, that we began last episode.  Then we move into the consequences of the Glorious Revolution, legitimacy and the changing role of Parliament, and Parliament as a meta institution.  
We get a flavor of Joel Mokyr's coverage of intellectual property rights, with views expressed in favor of the patent system by Goethe, Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill, and valid complaints made by Charles Dickens and Charles Babbage.
As usual with British institutions, we contrast them favorably with continental institutions, no matter how shambolic, the British institutions are so often better.

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Hanging with HistoryBy Harald Hansen

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