Month: March 2020
Article Summary: “The Early Modern Great Divergence” by Broadberry and Gupta
Article Summary: “Chinese Economic Performance in the Long Run” by Angus Maddison
Book Summary: “The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective” by Angus Maddison
Article Summary: “Long-term Barriers to the International Diffusion of Innovations” by Spolaore & Wacziarg
Book Summary: “The Birth of Plenty: How the Prosperity of the Modern World was Created” by William J. Bernstein
Article Summary: “The Pace of Cultural Evolution” by Charles Perreault
Book Summary: “How Paris Became Paris” by Joan DeJean
Book Summary: “Life’s Ratchet: How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos” by Peter Hoffman
Book Summary: “Revolutions That Made the Earth” by Tim Lenton & Andrew Watson
Book Summary: “Plagues and Peoples” by William McNeill
Book Summary: “The Origin and Evolution of Cultures” by Robert Boyd & Peter Richerson
Article Summary: “Five Facts You Need to Know about Technology Diffusion” by Comin, Hobijn & Rovito
Book Summary: “Convergence: The Idea at the Heart of Science” by Peter Watson
Book Summary: “Origins: How Earth’s History Shaped Human History” by Lewis Dartnell
Book Summary: “Range: Why Generalist Triumph in a Specialized World” by Daniel Epstein
Book Summary: “How Carriers Fought: Carrier Operations in WWII” by Lars Celander
Course Summary: “Principles of Human Ecology” by Peter Richerson et al
Book Summary: “Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West” by William Cronon
