Sven Beckert’s epic history of trade identifies the ceaseless generation of wealth as the driving force behind capitalism’s ...

Machines have been “taking” jobs from humans since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Davidson College Economics ...

“In every society, there are stabilizing Forces that protect the status quo. Some of these forces protect entrenched vested interests that might incur losses if innovations were introduced, others are ...

It wasn’t all Bleak House and Oliver Twist. According to historian Griffin (A Short History of the British Industrial Revolution), the negative impact of the Industrial Revolution has been grossly ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Some periods in our history are so transformative that they create a clear divide between ...

AI is arguably the most transformative technology for productivity in history—so where can leaders begin to spur progress and ...

This article presents an industry insiders report by Renesas about the possibility of Industry 4.0 as the next industrial revolution. It briefly describes the history of industrial revolution, as well ...

The history department held a talk Wednesday with three of its professors to celebrate the release of their books in the past year, ranging in topics from Latin American independence to the Industrial ...

Georgetown University history professor J.R. McNeill spoke last week at Duke about global environmental history and the Industrial Revolution. He discussed the environmental consequences of ...