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Why is India so poor? A macro approach
India’s total area, in square kilometers, is 1,222,559 3,166,414. The total area of France, Germany, the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Finland,...
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From the Comments: Was Colonialism Good for the Natives?
NEO, in response to my musings on the rule of law in Africa, writes: Thanks, Brandon. Like I said, I don’t know very much at all about Africa, right now I’m looking a bit more at the British in...
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Artunç paper on legal decentralization and the Ottoman Empire
Awhile back Tyler Cowen linked to this paper (pdf) by Cihan Artunç on legal pluralism in the Ottoman Empire, and I found it to be really interesting. Here is the abstract, followed by some comments...
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Fourteen-Year Old Girl in Bikini Threatens Armed Cop
For those of you, my conservative friends, who believe police brutality is just a collection of deliberate made up tales, there is a video on the major cable networks today I hope you see. It shows a...
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What makes it science?
When I hear the phrase “I experimented with drugs/diet/habit/whatever [on myself],” I tend to call bullshit. (A good exception is the author at Gwern.net who does blind, randomized trials on himself...
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The legacy of autocratic rule in China
What is the long-term legacy of political persecutions? Here I want to present the main findings of my recent research with Melanie Meng Xue (UCLA Anderson). Our research is an attempt to undercover...
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BC’s weekend reads
Path-dependence of measuring real GDP? Technological creativity and the Great Enrichment (h/t Federico) The deadly serious accusation of being a “so-called judge” Why Congress isn’t reigning in Trump...
View ArticleForging ahead, falling behind and fighting back: British economic growth from...
Nick Crafts can be viewed as the doyen of British economic history. His major publications date back to the 1970s – a favorite of mine is this piece from 1977 on the role played by chance in...
View ArticleRCH: Annexation of the Hawaiian islands
That’s the topic of my latest over at RealClearHistory. An excerpt: That is to say, there are theoretical lessons we can draw from the American annexation of Hawaii and apply them to today’s world. The...
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The strange relationship between virtue and violence Barbara King, Times Literary Supplement Nixon’s path to peace included bombing Cambodia Rick Brownell, Medium The suboptimality of the nation-state...
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