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Knowledge Spillover

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Knowledge Spillover

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November 7, 2023

In some sub-sects of economics, “knowledge spillover” refers to someone making use of someone else’s ideas or know-how to make their own discovery or invention. The Industrial Revolution arguably happened as rapidly (and regionally, at first) as it did because Britain (and a few other hubs) had immense capacity for knowledge spillover in the mid-18th and…

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