December 1, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Virtue of Nationalism” by Yoram Hazony

November 5, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Wealth, Poverty and Politics” by Thomas Sowell

October 12, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Why We Cooperate” by Michael Tomasello

September 22, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Introduction to Cultural Ecology” by Sutton and Anderson

August 3, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Wealth and Poverty of Nations” by David Landes

July 14, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

May 28, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Ethnic America: A History” by Thomas Sowell

May 13, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

May 6, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity” by Francis Fukuyama

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 14, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Understanding Human History” by Michael Hart

April 13, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Inventing Freedom: How the English… Made the Modern World” by Daniel Hannan

March 17, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The WIERDest People in the World” by Joseph Henrich

January 27, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “First Farmers” by David Bellwood

January 25, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “First Migrants: Ancient Migrations in Global Perspective” by Peter Bellwood

January 15, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Central Liberal Truth: How Politics Can Change a Culture…” by Lawrence Harrison

May 19, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World” by Deirdre McCloskey

May 18, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can’t Explain the Modern World” by Deirdre McCloskey

May 15, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Gap: Science of What Separates Us from Animals” by Thomas Suddendorf

April 25, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “World on Fire” by Amy Chua

April 24, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Migration and Culture” by Thomas Sowell

April 23, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Conquests and Cultures” by Thomas Sowell

April 23, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America” by David Hackett Fisher

April 21, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: The Making of Europe… 950-1350” by Robert Bartlett

April 13, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Cultural Evolution: How Darwinian Theory Can Explain Human Culture” by Alex Mesoudi

April 8, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge” by Matt Ridley

March 30, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

March 24, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Origin and Evolution of Cultures” by Robert Boyd and Peter Richerson

March 11, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Course Summary: “Principles of Human Ecology” by Peter Richerson et al

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 6, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

January 31, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution” by Richerson and Boyd

January 2, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Secret of Our Success” by Joseph Henrich