Economic Inquiry into the Nonlinear Behaviors of Nations

Economic Inquiry into the Nonlinear Behaviors of Nations

Dynamic Developments and the Origins of Civilizations

Guo, Rongxing

Springer International Publishing AG

02/2017

294

Dura

Inglês

9783319487717

15 a 20 dias

This book applies an economic approach to examine the driving forces behind the dynamic behaviors of developing nations. Cultures facing unfavorable physical and environmental conditions developed complex societies to overcome these challenges, while favorable conditions did not incentivize major economic and cultural change.
1. IntroductionPART I: THE PARADOXES OF HUMANS, CIVILIZATIONS, AND NATIONS2. Culture as an Anti-Darwinian Process3. Good Environment, Bad Environment4. Living in the Lands Threatened5. Are there any Optimal Strategies for Nations?PART II: CULTURAL CYCLICITY AND THE NONLINEAR BEHAVIORS OF NATIONS6. Civilization as a Cyclical Human Process7. China: Short Cycles, Long Cycles8. The Western World: A Longer Cycle9. In Cycles We Trust
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