Part I -- Chapter-1: A short economic history of EMEs -- Chapter-2: The Age of Dirigisme (1950-1980) -- Chapter-3: The Age of Crises (1980-2000) -- Chapter-4: The Age of Globalization (2000-2020) -- Part II -- Chapter-5: The New Seeds of Instability -- Chapter-6: Mapping out the EME Fault-lines...

All since the rise of the first civilizations, economic development has been closely intertwined with the evolution of states. In this paper, we contribute to the literature on state history and long-run economic development in four ways. First, we extend and complete the state history index...