The Economist blog writes about the importance of a skilled elite in driving economic development: Few would challenge the proposition that human capital is fundamental to economic growth. Yet much evidence suggests that during what is arguably the most important era of growth—the Industrial Revolution—human capital had little bearing on economic development. Primary school enrolment in Britain, the cradle of industrialisation, was a mere 11% as late as 1850.
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