Power and prosperity
by Mancur Olson · first published 2000
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on “How to Save A Life” ↗1. The Lever of Riches, by Joel Mokyr 2. Guns Germs and Steel, by Jared Diamond 3. A Farewell to Alms, by Gregory Clark 4. Power and Prosperity, by Mancur Olsen 5. Carnage and Culture, Victor Davis Hanson 6. Capital Ideas, by Peter Bernstein 7. The Geodesic Network, by Peter Huber
on “Ask HN: What history of economics and technology book would you recommend?” ↗…least functional in terms of economics and institutions. This book gives a good overview of the history of Congo and explains why the problems are so deeply rooted. The Rise and Decline of Nations and Power and Prosperity: Outgrowing Communist and Capitalist Dictatorships, both by Mancur Olson. Why do some nations develop into relatively free, relatively rich countries, while others stagnate in perpetual conflict and…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗…irrational set of deductions, just as it's possible to have a progressive tax system with zero deductions. As for Winters' book, which I haven't read, it sounds like a more pessimistic version of Olson's Power and Prosperity, which essentially argued that all forms of security arrangement involved those with power extracting money from people, but kings had less incentive to pillage and more incentive to protect than bandits,…
on “An AI can simulate an economy millions of times to create fairer tax policy” ↗