Practice question · True or false
Recalculations by Crafts and Harley showed that British GDP per head grew at well under one per cent a year during 1780 to 1830.
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- The growth was concentrated in a few sectors rather than spread across the economy.
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True
Why
True, and it is the standard modern position. Cotton grew explosively; agriculture, services and most manufacturing did not. The aggregate therefore looks sedate while particular trades were transformed or destroyed within a working life.
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