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History suggests Australia could be left behind by the next industrial revolution

  • Written by Warwick Smith, Research economist, University of Melbourne
imageOne way to anticipate the future is to look to the past. Bernard Spragg/Flickr

This article was co-authored by Mitchell Eddy who has recently completed a Masters of International Relations at the University of Melbourne that included a placement at the think tank, Per Capita.

When the industrial revolution hit in the 1800s, countries with large...

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