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Psychological origins of the Industrial Revolution: Why we need causal methods and historians
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2019
Abstract
Did affluence lead to psychological changes such as reduced discounting, and did these changes facilitate the innovation associated with the Industrial Revolution? I argue that claims of this sort are best made when they can be supported by causal evidence and good psychological measurement. When we have neither identifying variation nor adequate measures, the toolbox of psychologists is not useful.
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Author response
Psychological origins of the Industrial Revolution: More work is needed!