reason might be perspective. Most convergence papers frame the analysis in a `Solow world' in which countries exist … independent of one another. But most international trade economists have a very different perspective of a world in which … convergence. Finally, I give two examples applying some of these ideas to real-world data. The basic point of the paper is that …

. Leveraging a folklore catalogue of 958 oral traditions across the world, we find that ethnic groups further away from East Africa … of differential cultural diversity and economic development across the world …

the recent literature: 1. an important real-world example of the workings of Akerlof's lemons model and 2. a case where …