Theme:US industrialization and trade theory.

Question: The so-called industrial titans or robber barons, depending on how one chooses to write about this time period, were responsible for the US's quick post-Civil War industrialization. What were some of the prevalent theories (or, as Hunt puts it, ideologies) advanced to support the new status quo that Hunt describes? Do we still have these concepts today?

Theme: Industrial Revolution and tech.

In the videos( located below) on the Industrial Revolution, some of the English industrial revolution's causes are examined. What were the primary justifications given in the videos? What connections did they make with the 'cultural' shifts mentioned in Markets as Institutions?

The name of the videos are: the day the world took off part 1 and part 2

Here are the links to the videos so you could answer the questions above.

Theme: Industrial Revolution and tech.

In the videos( located below) on the Industrial Revolution, some of the English industrial revolution's causes are examined. What were the primary justifications given in the videos? What connections did they make with the 'cultural' shifts mentioned in Markets as Institutions?

here’s the link for the first video. If not you can find the name of the video like this on YouTube The Day the World Took Off. Part 1

here is the link for second of the video is not you could also find the video in YouTube with this name: The Day the World Took Off. Part 2

The social(ist) response to the industrial revolution is the main topic of the Hunt and Marx readings. Which of the major problems they identified were resolved by contemporary society?