Month: January 2020
Article Summary: “Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 BC? ” by many
Article Summary: “Was the Industrial Revolution Inevitable?” by Charles Jones
Article Summary: “How Deep are the Roots of Economic Development?” by Spolaore and Wacziarg
Book Summary: “The Dictator’s Handbook” by Mesquita and Smith
Book Summary: “Why Europe?: The Medieval Origins of Its Special Path” by Michael Mitteraur
Book Summary: “The Wisdom of Crowds” by James Surowiecki
Book Summary: “Learning by Doing” by James Bessen
Book Summary: “The Origin of Wealth” by Eric D. Beinhocker
Book Summary: “The Knowledge Illusion” by Sloman and Fernback
Book Summary: “Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny” by Robert Wright
Book Summary: “Unbound: How Eight Technologies Made Us Human” by Richard L. Currier
Book Summary: “The Nature of Technology” by W. Brian Arthur
Book Summary: “Why Nations Fail” by Acemoglu and Robinson
Book Summary: “Guns, Germs, and Steel” by Jared Diamond
Book Summary: “Why Information Grows” by Cesar Hidalgo
Book Summary: “Foragers, Farmers and Fossil Fuels” by Ian Morris
Book Summary: “Progress” by Johan Norberg
Book Summary: “The Secret of Our Success” by Joseph Henrich
Book Summary: “Creating the Twentieth Century” by Vaclav Smil