This is the role of apprenticeships in the rise of Europe

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A Bulgarian seamstress manufactures EU flags in a factory in the town of Parvomai, some 160 km (99 miles) south east of the capital Sofia, December 13, 2006. Bulgaria is set to join the EU on January 1, 2007 along with its neighbour Romania. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (BULGARIA) - RTR1KCT7

The ‘Great Enrichment’ that Europe experienced after the Industrial Revolution remains a central question in economic history Image: REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

Joel Mokyr

Professor of Economics and History, Northwestern University

David de la Croix

Professor of Economics, UCLouvain (Belgium)

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