Quantitative Estimates of Primitive Accumulation and Its Sources

and Its Sources Sutapa Bose Ashok Rudra While many economic historians and historical statisticians have engaged themselves in the difficult task of figuring out the levels of income, rates of growth, volumes and rates of capital formation, etc, estimates of either the volume of savings or the rates of savings have never been attempted. This article presents the results of an attempt to make estimates of savings and capital formation which went along with the process of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain.