Raymond Vernon, specialist in economics and international affairs, wrote that the Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain, because they were the first to successfully limit the power of veto groups (typically cronies of those with power in government) to block innovations.
Raymond Vernon, specijalist ekonomije i međunarodnih poslova, je napisao da je industrijska revolucija počela je u Velikoj Britaniji, jer su bili prvi koji su uspješno ograničili moć skupinama s pravom veta (obično ljudima bliskima vlasti) da blokiraju inovacije.