https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2023/01/08/escaping-the-malthusian-trap/ is an interesting animation showing growth of real per-capita GDP over time. By @kjhealy

I'm not enough of an expert, but what struck me is that – for all we talk about the importance of the industrial revolution – the post WWII economic consensus was pretty amazing for growth. And that was social structure, I think, more than technology.