
Month: July 2021


Book Summary: “Escaping Poverty: The Origins of Modern Economic Growth” by Peer Vries

Book Summary: “Talent is Overrated” by Geoff Colvin

Book Summary: “The Myths of Innovation” by Scott Berkun

Book Summary: “Energy: Engine of Evolution” by Frank Niele

Book Summary: “The Causes of Economic Growth” by Rick Szostak

Book Summary: “Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy” by Avner Greif

Book Summary: “Guilds, Innovation and the European Economy, 1400-1800” by Epstein and Prak

Book Summary: “In the Know: 35 Myths About Human Intelligence” by Russell T. Warne

Book Summary: “The Gifts of Athena: Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy” by Joel Mokyr

Book Summary: “The Fifth Beginning: What Six Million Years of Human History Can Tell Us” by Robert Kelly

Book Summary: “Botswana: A Modern Economic History” by Hillborn and Bolt

Book Summary: “Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature” by Geoffrey Miller

Book Summary: “Energy and the English Industrial Revolution” by E. A. Wrigley

Book Summary: “Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos” by Eric Chaisson

Book Summary: “Tropical Forest Biomes” by Barbara Holzman

Article Summary: “Evidence for evolution in response to natural selection in a contemporary human population” by many

Article Summary: “Measuring Selection in Contemporary Human Populations” by many

Article Summary: “Is It Good To Cooperate?” by Curry, Mullins and Whitehouse

Article Summary: “Experienced Well-Being Rises with Income” by Matthew Killingsworth

Article Summary: “Economic Man in Cross-Cultural Perspective” by many

Book Summary: “Knowledge and Competitive Advantage” by Johann Peter Murmann

Book Summary: “A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution” by Bowles and Gintis

Book Summary: “Economic Transformations: General Purpose Technologies and Long Term Economic Growth” by Lipsey, Carlaw and Bekar

Book Summary: “Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not” by Prasannan Parthasarathi

Book Summary: “Who We Are and How We Got Here” by David Reich

Book Summary: “The Dynamics of Ancient Empires” by Morris and Scheidel

Book Summary: “Rome and China: Comparative Perspectives on Ancient World Empires” by Walter Scheidel

Book Summary: “The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality” by Walter Scheidel
