Hard Driving and Efficiency: Iron Production in 1890

Peter Berck

The Journal of Economic History, 1978, vol. 38, issue 4, 879-900

Abstract: This paper shows that the best practice of American methods for producing iron in 1890 was slightly better than the methods employed in Great Britain. It argues that the difference in technique was not of sufficient magnitude to have any bearing on Britain's “decline” as an industrial power. Profits in America are shown to be quite large, and it is hypothesized that these profits arose because the Americans did not anticipate the growth in the demand for pig iron.

Date: 1978
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