Niall Ferguson Quotes

Somehow No Really Terrible Western Ideas Like, Say, Witch-burning Or Communism Ever Get Mentioned, Though They Seem Just As Plausibly The Products Of Judaeo-Christian Culture As The Spirit Of Capitalism. In Any Case, While Culture May Instil Norms, Institutions Create Incentives. Britons Versed In Much The Same Culture Behaved Very Differently Depending On Whether They Emigrated To New England Or Worked For The East India Company In Bengal. In The Former Case We Find Inclusive Institutions, In The Latter Extractive Ones.

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