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01 / belief
“In some ways, that forces you, for better or for worse, to think differently, or think independently relative to what’s going on within the US. I think that helped me during grad school, actually.”
02 / belief
“I think that’s what that’s picking up, basically, is the importance of history and how that affects culture institutions.”
03 / belief
“Obviously, South Korea is a dramatic success story, and I think a lot of that has to do with what South Koreans viewed as important: education, working hard, allegiance to the company.”
04 / belief
“Madagascar would be another example. That’s how I think of it: they escaped all of the detrimental effects of the slave trade.”
05 / belief
“I would also say, if we think of just purely economic development today in the contemporary period, I definitely don’t think it’s the case that one needs to convert to Christianity to be successful.”
06 / belief
“If we think of South Africa, obviously, having common language with European countries is going to be important.”
07 / belief
“I would say there are these latent characteristics that aren’t reflected in per capita income, which are important for subsequent development.”