WEEK 1: Days 1 & 2: 1. Introduction: Five Questions About Economic Growth :: History of Economic Growth

UC Berkeley Econ 135 S 2023

Lecture Notes:

• 2022-01-17 Tu: Day 1: 1. Introduction: Economic Growth in Historical Perspective: 1.1. Five Questions; course capture video: <https://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1522040/external_tools/78987>

• 2022-01-19 Th: Numerical Guesses at þe Quantitative Picture of Long-Run Economic Growth; course capture video: <https://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1522040/external_tools/78985>

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Required Readings:

• Clark: A Farewell to Alms ch. 1

• Allen: Global Economic History ch. 1

• DeLong: Slouching Towards Utopia Intro.

• Greg Clark (2005): The Condition of the Working Class in England, 1209-2004…

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Optional Readings:

• Doug Jones (2022): Toba, or the Sperm Whale Effect?…

• Monika Karmin & al. (2015): A Recent Bottleneck of Y-Chromosome Diversity Coincides with a Global Change in Culture…

• Jared Diamond (1987): The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race…

• Doug Jones (2022): The Patriarchal Age…

• Andy Matuschak (2022): Why Books Don't Work...
  

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• Syllabus: <https://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1522040/files?preview=85130561>

• Course Logistics Discussion:<https://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1522040/discussion_topics/6496784>