conclusion has implications for the study of institutions, economics, and religion throughout history and in the developing world …When the mortality rate is high, repeated interaction alone may not sustain cooperation, and religion may play an …

which the United States eliminated corruption. This paper examines the concept of corruption in American history; tracing … the term corruption to its roots in British political philosophy of the 17th and 18th century, and from there back to … Machiavelli, Polybius and Artistole. Corruption was defined prior to 1850 in a way that was significantly different from how it …

organize: World War I, Bretton Woods, 1970s Great Inflation and Managed Floating. Each turning point was characterized by …

model developed in this section suggests that the failure to coordinate policies lent a deflationary bias to the world … economy which may have contributed to the on set of the Great Depression. The third part asks what policymakers learned from …

the rest of the world rather than focusing on issues with U.S. monetary and fiscal policies. In addition, at the urging of …

.1 percent of world population, implying 150 million deaths when applied to current population. Regressions with annual …