Industrial revolution Quote by Daron Acemoğlu

“Absolutism reigned not just in much of Europe but also in Asia, and similarly prevented industrialization during the critical juncture created by the Industrial…

— Daron Acemoğlu

“during the critical juncture created by the Industrial Revolution, many nations missed the boat and failed to take advantage of the spread of industry.…

— Daron Acemoğlu

“Without the changes in political institutions and political power similar to those that emerged in England after 1688, there was little chance for absolutist…

— Daron Acemoğlu

“It had all the elements needed for an industrial revolution centuries before it would occur in Europe. Yet, for one reason or another, China…

— Gordon G. Chang

Absolutism tempered by assassination

— Count Munster

So in Europe, we had empires. Everyone had them - France and Spain and Britain and Turkey! The Ottoman Empire, full of furniture for…

— Eddie Izzard

“The modern absolutism, which we find the most natural thing in the world, would have been quite beyond the dreams of the most absolute…

— Bertrand De Jouvenel

The society was so different [in China] - it was a feudalistic society. It didn't come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty…

— Ai Weiwei

“When the Greeks were free they created a civilization advanced beyond anything else in the world. When Rome imposed its imperial rule all across…

— Rodney Stark

The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution as one of the most important developments in economic…

— Anonymous

“We start by going back 2,000 years. There were successful civilizations in Rome, China and later in western Europe. These leading countries expanded by…

— Edward A. Hudson

Renaissance or the reawakening of Europe. And, and this reawakening actually involved an era during which the people of Europe, who were coming out…

— Malcolm X