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		keiferski on May 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Hume paradox: how great philosophy leads to di... This might be true for Western Europe in the (early) 18th century, but it’s certainly not true of most of the rest of the world historically.

sbierwagen on May 9, 2021 [–]

Do you have examples of other parts of the world that experienced double digit GDP growth on a century scale before 1700?

keiferski on May 9, 2021 | [–]

I’m replying to this:

Most people did not see the world change much in their lifetime.

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