Is this a naive comparison of, say, India an hour before Vasco de Gama landed in 1498 to an hour after the British ceded them independence in 1947? Because most people’s standard of living increased between 1498 and 1947; I don’t think you could say colonialism was responsible for that.
Is this a naive comparison of, say, India an hour before Vasco de Gama landed in 1498 to an hour after the British ceded them independence in 1947? Because most people’s standard of living increased between 1498 and 1947; I don’t think you could say colonialism was responsible for that.
background of course adjusts for inflation (average increase in world SoL during the time period)