The article is actually fairly silent on the reasons so read into it what you will. If anything the author is endorsing his friend's book without giving away th

The article is actually fairly silent on the reasons so read into it what you will. If anything the author is endorsing his friend's book without giving away the thesis and if the link is accurate it covers a wide range of factors. As for Deirdre McCloskey, as Noah Smith says,"do not believe things that Deirdre McCloskey says just because she says them." http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.com/2015/06/deirdre-mccloskey-says-things.html http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.com/2015/06/deirdre-mccloskey...