All Posts Tagged With: "labor regulation"
Child Labor and the British Industrial Revolution
Profound economic changes took place in Great Britain in the century after 1750. This was the age of the Industrial Revolution, complete with a cascade of technical innovations, a vast increase in production, a renaissance of world trade, and rapid growth of urban populations. Where historians and other observers clash is in the interpretation of [...]
23Oct2009 | Lawrence W. Reed | 7 comments | Continued-
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