Examines economic growth over the long run. Topics include the industrial revolution, the demographic transition, the great divergence, the importance of institutional change, the impacts of trade & technology diffusion, and trends in inequality & social mobility. The course highlights the use of economic modeling, the creation of new datasets, and the implementation of empirical analysis for hypothesis testing. The course can be taken independently or in conjunction with 8534 to make a two-semester sequence in economic history. Formerly ECON 8764.
