American history in broad strokes
A comment below inquired about “good books” on American history. Unfortunately I don’t know as much about American history as I do about Roman or Chinese history. But over the years there have been...
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Genetic distance and economic development
The History and Geography of Human Genes has probably influenced the way I think about human evolution more than any other book. Even though it is getting old at a time when masses of population...
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Natural selection and economic growth
**This is a cross-post from my blog Evolving Economics As I have focussed my PhD research on the link between evolution and long-term economic growth, for months I have meant to blog on the core paper...
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Natural selection and the collapse of economic growth
**This is a cross-post from my blog Evolving Economics In my last post, I discussed Oded Galor and Omer Moav’s paper Natural Selection and the Origin of Economic Growth. As I noted then, my PhD...
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Over at Discover Blogs. Mostly about 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created.
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