
Month: February 2020


Article Summary: “Long-term Barriers to the International Diffusion of Innovations” by Spolaore & Wacziarg

Book Summary: “The Principles of Social Evolution” by Andrew Bourke

Book Summary “Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity” by Walter Scheidel

Article Summary: “The Diffusion of Development” by Spolaore & Wacziarg

Article Summary: “An Exploration of Technology Diffusion” by Comin & Hobijn

Book Summary: “Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism 1850-1940” by Daniel R. Headrick

Article Summary: “Technology as a Complex Adaptive System” by Fleming & Sorenson

Book Summary: “Why the West Rules-for Now: The Patterns of History” by Ian Morris

Book Summary: “Why Most Things Fail” by Paul Ormerod

Book Summary: “Violence and Social Orders” by North, Wallis & Weingast

Book Summary: “War: What is It Good for?” by Ian Morris

Book Summary: “Cultural Evolution: People’s Motivations are Changing” by Ronald Inglehart

Article Summary: “The European Origins of Economic Development” by Easterly & Levine

Book Summary: “Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology” by Nolan & Lenski
