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...

Early states like China, India, Italy and Greece have been experiencing more rapid economic growth in recent decades than have later-comers to agriculture and statehood like New Guinea, the Congo, and Uruguay. We show that more rapid growth by early starters has been the norm in economic...