This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...

This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...

Vor der Industrialisierung hatten traditionelle Gemeinschaften - Familien, dörfliche Nachbarschaften und lokale religiöse Vereinigungen - die Aufgabe, ihre Mitglieder vor sozialen Risiken wie Armut zu schützen. Die Industrialisierung produzierte jedoch neue Risiken und verallgemeinerte die...