
Tag: Extractive Institutions


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

Book Summary: “Military Revolution and Political Change” by Brian Downing

Book Summary: “The Origins of Political Order” by Francis Fukuyama

Book Summary: “Lineages of the Absolutist State” by Perry Anderson

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

Book Summary: “Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956” by Anne Applebaum

Book Summary: “Rulers, Religion, and Riches” by Jared Rubin

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

Book Summary: “The Tyranny of Experts” by William Easterly

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

Book Summary: “The Dictator’s Handbook” by Mesquita and Smith
