Maddison's international panel data show that technically it was the faster growth rate of the US economy that led to its overtaking the UK as economic superpower. We explore the contributing factors. Identifying the land-grant colleges system triggered by the 1862/1890 Morrill Acts (MAs) as a...

This paper addresses the lackluster performance concerning per capita growth and employment performance of Continental Europe countries compaed to Anglo-Saxon countries over the last decades which is in stark contrast to the post-war period. It analyzes institutional differences between country...