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Why culture matters most /

This book 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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rose, David C. (David Charles) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Culture > Economic aspects.
Social systems > Growth.
Cooperation.
Economic development.
Développement économique.
economic development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Cooperation
Culture > Economic aspects
Economic development
Social systems > Growth
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book 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 democracy: rational self-interest undermining the common good.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 196 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190918712
0190918713
9780199330737
0199330735