EC203
focuses on the economic history of economic growth and technical change
centred on the 'second industrial revolution' and stemming from the
advances in the latter part of the 19th century. Beginning with an
overview of global patterns of growth to the early 21st century, EC203
introduces macroeconomic approaches to long-run growth, in particular
accounting for technological change. It continues with case studies of
key sectors contributing to technical progress, including electricity,
chemicals, in the late 19th century through to Information and
Communications Technology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.