I want to know the answer to the following question:
Did rising efficiency in production and communication lower or raise the prices of consumer goods?
All the background I'm provided with is that "The context for the rise of the public sphere was the economic and social change commonly associated with the Industrial Revolution: "economic expansion, increasing urbanization, rising population and improving communications in comparison to the stagnation of the previous century".". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: no