Capitalism. What distinctly differentiated industrializing Europe from anything in its past and anything in its contemporary world for so long was its socio-ec

Capitalism. What distinctly differentiated industrializing Europe from anything in its past and anything in its contemporary world for so long was its socio-economic model. Capitalism and the attendant far greater class mobility, much like dot com boom, attracted intellectual horsepower to industry in the service of seeking wealth and advancing up the social ladder.