[PEN-L:8206] Re: Fwd: Re: long waves -- and a

1997-01-13 Thread Marshall Feldman
Amplifying on Maggie's comments, the cotton gin changed things overnight because it did not require any substantial changes in other parts of the production system. Electricity took decades to affect productivity substantially because the mills were fitted out to take power from a central

[PEN-L:8206] Re: Fwd: Re: long waves -- and a

1997-01-13 Thread Marshall Feldman
Amplifying on Maggie's comments, the cotton gin changed things overnight because it did not require any substantial changes in other parts of the production system. Electricity took decades to affect productivity substantially because the mills were fitted out to take power from a central