Since the Industrial Revolution was so new at the end of the 18th century, there were initially no laws to regulate new industries. ... As a result, the new factory owners could set the terms of work because there were far more unskilled laborers, who had few skills and would take any job, than there were jobs for them. read more
Populations grew considerably, there’s more than 6 billion Earthlings than there were at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution and we produce a third more food than 7 billion people need while famines, individual starvation, and malnourished was a universal experience before that. read more
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