: an early multiple-spindle machine for spinning wool or cotton
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Barnett gives the example of the UK after the invention of spinning jenny and flying shuttle.
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Dylan Matthews,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
Creative destruction reallocates society’s resources from less productive pursuits to more productive ones—from spinning jennies to factories, for example, or from horse-and-buggies to motorcars.
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Alan Greenspan,
WSJ,
12 Oct. 2018
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Dylan Matthews,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
Creative destruction reallocates society’s resources from less productive pursuits to more productive ones—from spinning jennies to factories, for example, or from horse-and-buggies to motorcars.
—
Alan Greenspan,
WSJ,
12 Oct. 2018
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spinning jenny
noun
spinning jen·ny
ˈspin-iŋ-ˌjen-ē 
: an early machine for spinning wool or cotton by means of many spindles
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