In a recent article, Vincent Geloso (2015) argues that the study of social networks can illuminate Deirdre McCloskey's view that modern economic growth was fostered by according entrepreneurial actions a sense of dignity. I extend Geloso's framework to suggest that an ‘analytical egalitarian'...

In this paper, we propose a novel approach to the study of international trade that leads to a measure of country openness that is quite different from the various alternatives proposed by the received literature. In contrast to these, our measure does not use indicators of aggregate trade...