# Britain's Empire and the Economy

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Martin Daunton
- Year: 2022
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/britains-empire)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The levels of income in parts of China and India were similar to those in Europe in the middle ages, until the Mediterranean pulled ahead – followed by northern Europe, initially Holland and then Britain. This ‘great divergence’ was one of the fundamental shifts in history – and is only now being reversed. Did the divergence arise from imperialism and a 'drain' of wealth from Asia, or did it arise from internal features of Asian and European Society?

## Lectures

1. [Why Did Europe’s Economies Diverge from Asia?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-britains-empire/dcaceb196660) (YouTube)
2. [Slavery and the British Economy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-britains-empire/0fb0f163b850) (YouTube)
3. [Who Benefited from the British Empire?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-britains-empire/401b4a994539) (YouTube)