Like many STEM-savvy Huskies, John Ruf came to Michigan Tech to study mechanical engineering. When he arrived on campus from the Chicago suburb of Orland Park back in 2016, Ruf’s passion for economics ...
What caused the Industrial Revolution? It’s a perennial question that economic historians love to debate, with answers varying from geographic to institutional to ideological explanations. And a new ...
In the field of economic history, the causes and consequences of the Industrial Revolution loom large. Competing theories point to the role of institutions, scientific achievements, and bourgeois ...