Tag: Institutions
Book Summary: “Rome and China: Comparative Perspectives on Ancient World Empires” by Walter Scheidel
Book Summary: “Cities of Commerce” by Oscar Gelderblom
Book Summary: “Going the Distance: Eurasian Trade and the Rise of the Business Corporation, 1400-1700” by Ron Harris
Article Summary: “Tropics, Germs, and Crops: How Endowments Influence Economic Development” by Easterly and Levine
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: “Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World” by Niall Ferguson
Book Summary: “Big Is Beautiful: Debunking the Myth of Small Business” by Atkinson and Lind
Book Summary: “Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956” by Anne Applebaum
Book Summary: “Rulers, Religion, and Riches” by Jared Rubin
Book Summary: “Evolution of Human Societies” by Johnson and Earle
Book Summary: “The Central Liberal Truth: How Politics Can Change a Culture…” by Lawrence Harrison
Article Summary: “Needham Puzzle: Why the Industrial Revolution Did not Originate in China” by Justin Lin
Article Summary: “Biogeography and Long-Run Economic Development” by Olsson and Hibbs
Book Summary: “Why Most Things Fail” by Paul Ormerod
Book Summary: “Violence and Social Orders” by North, Wallis and Weingast
Book Summary: “The Dictator’s Handbook” by Mesquita and Smith
