Correlation between Technological Advances and Economic Growth in 18th Century Britain
The mid-eighteenth century in Britain marked a significant turning point where a surge in scientific and technological innovations occurred concurrently with the beginning of sustained economic growth, which is visualized as the sharp upward turn in the 'income hockey stick' graph.
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