Why culture matters most /

This text explains why culture - not genes, geography, institutions, or policies - is the key to achieving mass flourishing. Culture therefore best explains the differential success of societies. Unlike anything else, culture overcomes the most fundamental obstacle to having a thriving free market d...

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Main Author: Rose, David C. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
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Online Access:Oxford scholarship online
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588 |a Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 4, 2018). 
650 0 |a Culture  |x Economic aspects. 
650 0 |a Social systems  |x Growth. 
650 0 |a Cooperation. 
650 0 |a Economic development. 
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