"Indicators of Social Capital in the European Union" http://www.iareg.org/fileadmin/iareg/media/papers/WP2_02.pdf https://pseudoerasmus.com/?p=1641/comment-page-1/#comment-1012
the social capital literature is vast but truly...bordélique, every single paper seems to come up with unique and incommensurable metrics based on social surveys. but a paper i like with lots of...
https://pseudoerasmus.com/?p=1641/comment-page-1/#comment-969
"but why i am mincing words ? i think the deepest level explanation is that the germanic-speaking countries have a higher level of social trust & cohesion than france, britain and southern europe...
https://pseudoerasmus.com/?p=1641/comment-page-1/#comment-954
Does that really matter ? the blue banana is not an independent economic zone, it exists as part of a larger policy area.
https://pseudoerasmus.com/?p=1641/comment-page-1/#comment-949
Also, Murray's map of origins of significant European figures and the "blue banana" urban corridor are very similar. They are not exactly North Europe, but "core Europe".
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We need other factors, like personality (big 5!) and culture instead of asserting that can you tie it back to the issue at hand, which is economic policy ?
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Should we regard (very) high IQ North Italy as part of southern Europe? It is south of anything Germany. Average IQ in the UK, most of Spain, and in large parts of France is not really lower than...
https://pseudoerasmus.com/?p=1641/comment-page-1/#comment-945
The question is whether these differences in macroeconomic policy culture stem from national character. I would tend to think they must in part. but the longue durée ! before the great ...
https://pseudoerasmus.com/?p=1641/comment-page-1/#comment-937
thanks for the excellent comments, you read part 2 i assume ? just to be clear i do NOT have a problem with "anthropological determinism" but i don't think german economic behaviour originates in...
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Very amusing title. A few reactions in general: * I do think Todd tends to over-generalize from his work on family systems and essentialize. * I am looking for corroborating evidence to Todd's fa...
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