The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some are So Rich and Some So Poor.

Egnal, Marc; Landes, David S.

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“…Specialists in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East have questioned the myths of Islamic traditionalism and marginalisation in the development of firearm technologies. Challenging Eurocentric conceptions of exceptional knowledge regimes (Greif, 2006; Landes, 1999; Mokyr, 1990), these scholars adapted Parker's model and took Europe as a reference point to emphasise the role of Asian empires in the military revolution.…”

Section: Provincialising Europe—the Study Of Firearms In the Islamic ...mentioning

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Migration and innovation in early modern Islamic societies. The case for firearms

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2023

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The objective of this article is to review the historiography of the relationship between migration and firearms technologies in the early modern Islamic World. By examining historiographical debates on the role of firearms in early modern Islamic societies, we will look at the place of migrants in the historical literature of firearms. During the colonial period, debates shifted from the alleged conservatism of Islamic societies regarding firearm technologies to their respective agencies in the diffusion of firearms in the early modern world. In this article, I will show that the historiography of firearm technologies in Islamdom exhibits a shift from essentialist arguments towards a history of technology transfers and the role of migrants in this process.

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Migration and innovation in early modern Islamic societies. The case for firearms

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2023

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“…Whilst Zelekha, et al (2014) found that the share of Jewish, Hindu, 3 Protestant and Orthodox religions in the population has a significant and positive effect on entrepreneurship, they did not find the same result in predominantly Muslim nations. Landes (1999) suggests that Islam has a limiting effect on economic development and entrepreneurship. This is supported by Zelekha, et al (2014: 751) who cite 'lack of freedom and limited property rights suppressing business, competition and economic development' as key challenges.…”

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Individual religious affiliation, religiosity and entrepreneurial intentions among students in four countries

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International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurs

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This article explores religion and religiosity in the field of entrepreneurship. Based on an original, international dataset of 740 students, we examine the impact of individual religious affiliation (Protestant, Catholic or Muslim) or non-affiliation (Agnostic/Atheist) on entrepreneurial intentions. We further examine the influence of individual religiosity (beyond mere religious affiliation) on entrepreneurial intentions, offering new insights as to the role religion and religiosity play in entrepreneurship. Findings support the notion that religion matters when entrepreneurial intentions are concerned. We show that having a religious affiliation – as compared to identifying as an Agnostic/Atheist – has a positive relationship with entrepreneurial intentions. More importantly, we show that religiosity – not just religious affiliation – affects intentions differently across different religions, thus pointing to the importance of taking religiosity into account, and not only religious affiliation. We also show that followers of a specific religion cannot be regarded as a uniform group when it comes to entrepreneurship and that it is important to differentiate between streams.

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“…Also, the warm tropical climate being favorable for the diseases like malaria, The cold tropical temperature has been linked to reduced worker productivity in certain areas. Malaria, helminth infections, and yellow fever thrive in a tropical climate that is warm and humid (Landes, 1999;Gallup & Sach, 2001). As a result, the existence of this energy resource offered temperate-zone countries an early boost in growth owing to industrialization, as well as a technological advantage over tropical-zone countries (Sach, 2001).…”

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“…Many European cities became autonomous and reliant on commerce with other European nations after the fall of the Roman Empire. Because of their restricted supply and high population size, several of these regions had to rely largely on commerce with other European countries (Landes, 1999;Lal, 1998;Rogowski & Macae, 2004). As a result, traders played a significant part in the government of these city-states, and trade earnings were critical to their continued independence (Lal, 1998).…”

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How Geography and Organizational Explanation of Development Are Much More Interlinked Than It Seems - Evaluation From Perspective of Historical Evidence

2021

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The foundational discovery of inversion in wealth disparity among territories that Europeans seized as their imperial power by Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson (AJR) is used in this study to assess growth theories in the context of past data. Using the AJR inversion of fortune concept as a reference point, we attempt to discover which greater deters in the non-European universe in the pre-colonial historical past have converted themselves into impoverished communities in contemporary correlation, although some of the poorest areas in the pre-1500 specified timeframe are now considered one of the most developed markets of currently. Our findings show that, while theoretically and empirically proof in the research points to organizational explanations for differences in long production developments, historical and ethnic boundaries must be considered to get a full picture of how various organizational structures have progressed in various locations over time.

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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some are So Rich and Some So Poor.

Cited by 46 publications

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Migration and innovation in early modern Islamic societies. The case for firearms

Migration and innovation in early modern Islamic societies. The case for firearms

Individual religious affiliation, religiosity and entrepreneurial intentions among students in four countries

How Geography and Organizational Explanation of Development Are Much More Interlinked Than It Seems - Evaluation From Perspective of Historical Evidence

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