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Formal. Requires at least some mathematics - especially game theory. But very good book on what is driving democratization.
An easier one by Acemoglu is "Why Nations Fail [and succeed" which discusses the problem of institutional development and deve ...more "
Under Mongol domination, faraway regions of the globe came into contact more than superficially and, for at least a century spanning the mid-1200s to the mid-1300s, these regions were linked in a common network of exchange and production.
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Mongol domination
“Tetlock selects Marx and libertarians31 as examples of hedgehogs who stick to a simple worldview and whose grand predictions never materialize.”
― Economics for the Common Good
― Economics for the Common Good
“the collective reputation is a public good for the group. Defending the collective reputation entails an entirely private cost but a benefit that is shared by the whole community. This is why there is a tendency toward free-riding.”
― Economics for the Common Good
― Economics for the Common Good
“Representation is a principle which is fundamentally just and vital to the successful conduct of industry…Surely it is not consistent for us as Americans to demand democracy in government and practice autocracy in industry…With the developments of industry what they are today there is sure to come a progressive evolution from autocratic single control, whether by capital, labor, or the state,”
― This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution
― This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution
“Sociologists rightly emphasize the importance of not observing individuals out of context, that is, without taking into account their social environment. Individuals are part of social groups, and these groups affect how they will behave.”
― Economics for the Common Good
― Economics for the Common Good
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