There was no economic growth over the eight centuries between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages.

“There was virtually no economic growth for millennia until 1770, only slow growth in the transition century before 1870, remarkably rapid growth in the century ending in 1970, and slower growth since then.”
― The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War
― The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War
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