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vlz
8y ago
Yes, and I would emphasize the funding aspect. Archaeology is not a discipline we spend tons of money on anyway. I would expect errors to live on longer here than in say cancer research.
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9y ago
I agree on the importance of the industrial revolution. An alternative explanation, that argues more from political institutions, can be found in Acemoglu and Robinsons "Why Nations Fail" [0]. They basically argue that for most of