On: The Industrial Revolution due to a change in the English population?

[kf]

I'm not sure whether I agree with all of the author's conclusions either. Still, it's interesting that rich people were having more children during this time period.

[jsnx → kf]

It's also interesting that the same pattern did not show up in Japan or China. Why? Were the rich there not genetically superior enough?

[kf → jsnx]

In today's world, the rich have fewer children than the poor. Perhaps the Japanese and Chinese were ahead of their times, or maybe the rich there had some understanding of birth control.