The Glorious Revolution: William III of Orange is read the
Bill of Rights before being offered the crown of England by
parliament After Edgar Melville Ward/The Bridgeman Art
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The bubonic plague of the fourteenth century creates a critical juncture
(The Triumph of Death painting of the Black Death by Brueghel the Elder) The Granger Collection, NY
Beneficiary of institutional innovation: the King of Kuba Eliot Elisofon/Time & Life Pictures/Getty
The emergence of hierarchy and inequality before farming:
the grave goods of the Natufian elite
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Extractive growth: Soviet Gulag labor builds the White Sea canal SOVFOTO
Britain falls far behind: the ruins of the Roman empire at Vindolanda Courtesy of the Vindolanda Trust and Adam Stanford
Innovation, essence of inclusive economic growth: James Watt’s steam engine The Granger Collection, NY
Organizational change, a consequence of inclusive institutions: the factory of Richard Arkwright at Cromford
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Fruits of unsustainable extractive growth: Zheng He’s ship alongside Columbus’s Santa Maria Gregory A.
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