EAN: 9783319487717

AN ECONOMIC INQUIRY INTO THE NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR...

This book applies an economic approach to examine the driving forces behind the dynamic
behaviors of developing nations. Taking into account initial conditions and environmental and
external factors often oversimplified by historians and anthropologists  Guo finds that the
rise and fall of civilizations and nations followed an anti-Darwinian process: physical
weakness  rather than strength  induced humans to adapt. 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. Over centuries of
economic growth and development  nations and civilizations' adaptive behaviors have followed a
cyclical path at both the country level and in an international context. This interdisciplinary
book incorporates elements of history  anthropology  and development into an astute economic
analysis that changes the way we think about the origins and evolutions of civilizations.

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