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14 Dec 2016 Conversations with Tyler Joseph Henrich on WEIRD Societies and Life Among Two Strange Tribes (Live at Mason)
“I think we don’t know from the numbers. I think if you look at all countries together, you can debate either side, whether countries as a whole are converging on the richest countries.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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- 14 Dec 2016
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…Well, do you disagree that as a broad statistical pattern there’s been a lot of economic growth in the rest of the world in which there’s convergence? East Asia, for sure. I think we don’t know from the numbers. I think if you look at all countries together, you can debate either side, whether countries as a whole are converging on the richest countries. I would say I’m not sure. The data that I’ve seen seems to suggest some convergence.…
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