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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 "
One key adaptation of a malignant cancer is to increase the rate of mutations. A fast-growing tumor isn’t just one type of cancer cell that is rapidly proliferating. It is a boiling cauldron of hyper-mutating cell lines that compete against
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“The truth is that we have little empirical knowledge about the connection between merit and success in most countries, and that is precisely the heart of the problem: in the absence of information, anyone can believe what they want.”
― Economics for the Common Good
― Economics for the Common Good
“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
“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
“Research shows that too much disparity in the salaries of members of professional sports teams undermines their cohesion as a group.”
― This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution
― This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution
“small groups are a fundamental unit of human social organization. Individuals cannot be understood except in the context of small groups, and large-scale societies need to be seen as a kind of multicellular organism comprising small groups.”
― This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution
― This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution
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