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July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

July 14, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

July 14, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

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

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

June 16, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Africa’s Growth Tragedy: Policy and Ethnic Divisions” by Easterly and Levine

June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Tropics, Germs, and Crops: How Endowments Influence Economic Development” by Easterly and Levine

May 27, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Cotton, Slavery and the New History of Capitalism” by Olmstead and Rhode

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Dynamic of Economic Complexity over a 42 Year Period” by Cesar Hidalgo

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Economic Development as Self-Discovery” by Hausmann and Rodrik

May 20, 2021November 20, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “The Product Space Conditions the Development of Nations” by many

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Article Summary: “Discovering Southern and East Africa’s Industrial Opportunities” by Cesar Hidalgo

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Shooting High or Low: Do Countries Benefit from Entering Unrelated Activities” by many

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Linking Economic Complexity, Institutions and Income Inequality” by Hartmann, Hidalgo et al

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Article Summary: “Tropical Underdevelopment” by Jeffrey Sachs

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Article Summary: “Cultural Biases in Economic Exchange?” by Guiso, Sapienza and Zingales

May 13, 2021May 13, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes” by Abramitzky et al

April 29, 2021May 7, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “The Out of Africa Hypothesis” by Ashraf & Galor

April 29, 2021April 29, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Ethnic Inequality” by Alesina, Michalopoulos & Papaioannou

April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Ethnic and Cultural Diversity by Country” by James Fearon

April 13, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Needham Puzzle: Why the Industrial Revolution Did not Originate in China” by Justin Lin

April 13, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “The Early Modern Great Divergence” by Broadberry and Gupta

April 11, 2020July 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “The Distribution of Human Population by Altitude” by Cohen and Small

April 10, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Influence of Ancestral Lifeways on Economic Outcomes in Africa” by Michalopoulos, Putterman & Weil

April 10, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “The Effect of the TseTse Fly on African Development” by Marcella Alsan

April 9, 2020April 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Meta-analysis of … twin studies” by many

April 3, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “The Puzzle of Monogamous Marriage” by Henrich, Boyd and Richerson

April 1, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Biogeography and Long-Run Economic Development” by Olsson and Hibbs

April 1, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “England’s Divergence from China’s Yangzi Delta” by Brenner and Isett

March 31, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Chinese Economic Performance in the Long Run” by Angus Maddison

March 30, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

March 29, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “The Pace of Cultural Evolution” by Charles Perreault

March 23, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Five Facts You Need to Know about Technology Diffusion” by Comin, Hobijn and Rovito

February 28, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

February 27, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

February 24, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

February 21, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

February 13, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

February 5, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

January 30, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 BC? ” by many

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