globalized world has become, again, en vogue among European politicians. The only apparent controversy about the idea revolves …

’s level of integration in the world economy through the full architecture of its second, third, and all other higher …-order connections in the world trade network. We apply our methodology to a sample of 204 countries spanning the period from 1962 to …

growth across the globe. In a large sample of countries, equality in the distribution of income as measured by the World Bank … and by The Standardized World Income Inequality Database are seen to be correlated with economic diversification, the rule … in the World Values Survey, and democracy, all of which are good for growth as reflected in the purchasing power of per …