How deep are the roots of current economic development?

January 17, 2009

There are two big questions floating around here. First, are countries (or populations, or regions) rich because of some persistent characteristic that can be traced backwards through history? Second, are those characteristics determined by geography, institutions, culture, or just plain luck?

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2019-04-18 The deep roots of development - Part 5
2019-03-17 The deep roots of development - Part 4
2019-02-05 The deep roots of development - Part 3
2019-01-11 The deep roots of development - Part 2
2018-12-31 The deep roots of development - Part 1
2018-10-15 Involution and growth
2017-07-27 Are some places "More Malthusian" than other?
2017-02-08 Who are you calling Malthusian?
2016-12-16 Can you do historical counter-factuals?
2016-11-15 Ethnic fractionalization and growth
2016-07-25 Evidence on Violence and Ethnic Groups in Africa
2016-02-07 Making Inferences about Tropics, Germs, and Crops
2016-02-04 Why Isn't the Whole World Developed?
2016-01-30 The Persistence of Technology
2016-01-11 IQ and Economic Growth
2015-08-12 Dumb Luck in Historical Development
2015-07-06 The Glacial Speed of Institutional Change
2015-05-08 Do Agricultural Conditions Matter for Institutions?
2015-04-20 Trust and the Benefit of the Doubt
2015-03-30 Did We Evolve the Capacity for Sustained Growth?
2015-03-16 Genetic Origins of Economic Development
2015-02-04 Geography is Kinda-Sorta Destiny
2015-01-15 Research on Persistent Roots of Development
2015-01-09 Trust, Familes, and Growth
2015-01-02 Populations, not Nations, Dictate Development
2014-11-26 Blattman on Institutions
2014-11-26 The Skeptics Guide to Institutions - Part 4
2014-11-23 The Skeptics Guide to Institutions - Part 3
2014-11-20 The Skeptics Guide to Institutions - Part 2
2014-11-18 The Skeptics Guide to Institutions - Part 1
2014-11-10 Latitude and Income per Capita in Comparative Development
2014-07-25 Solitary, Poor, Nasty, Brutish, Short...and Happy?
2014-07-22 Geography Matters Even if it Doesn't
2014-07-18 Empirical Institutions Reading List
2014-06-25 Does Culture Matter for Economic Growth? Part Deux.
2014-06-18 Does Culture Matter for Economic Growth?
2014-05-12 Persistence in Economic Development
2014-04-08 Technology and Scale

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