February 28, 2020May 4, 2020 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Why Copy Others?” by Rendell, Boyd et al

February 27, 2020 Michael Magoon

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

February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 Michael Magoon

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

February 25, 2020March 2, 2020 Michael Magoon

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

February 24, 2020 Michael Magoon

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

February 21, 2020 Michael Magoon

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

February 18, 2020May 3, 2020 Michael Magoon

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

February 13, 2020 Michael Magoon

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

February 12, 2020May 3, 2020 Michael Magoon

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

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 Michael Magoon

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

February 10, 2020 Michael Magoon

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

February 7, 2020May 3, 2020 Michael Magoon

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

February 6, 2020February 6, 2020 Michael Magoon

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

February 5, 2020February 6, 2020 Michael Magoon

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

February 3, 2020May 18, 2020 Michael Magoon

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

February 3, 2020May 18, 2020 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Ecological-Evolutionary Theory” by Gerhard Lenski