Review of Political Order and Inequality: Their Foundations and Their Consequences by Carles Boix

• Autores: Alberto Alesina
• Localización: Journal of economic literature, ISSN 0022-0515, Vol. 54, Nº 3, 2016, págs. 935-941
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Political Order and Inequality: Their Foundations and Their Consequences argues that geography, technology, and wars determined the formation of a ruling class, inequality, and institutional development, rather than the other way around. Institutions are not a cause but a consequence. This relatively short book covers an enormous amount of material. I have sympathy for the basic idea of the book, but in some parts I would have liked to see more detailed evidence, especially on the more recent history and the Industrial Revolution.