The past decade has witnessed a surge of interest in the economic analysis of networks. This chapter is concerned with the role played by labor and credit networks in shaping economic activity in developing countries. The problem of identifying network effects on economic outcomes is first...

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'...