In this book, Franklin Obeng-Odoom seeks to carefully explain, engage, and systematically question the existing explanations of inequalities within Africa, and between Africa and the rest of the world using insights from the emerging field of stratification economics. Drawing on multiple sources...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter 1. OVERVIEW -- Chapter 2. LEARNING -- Chapter 3. DYNAMIC AND STOCHASTIC STABILITY -- Chapter 4. ADAPTIVE LEARNING IN SMALL GAMES -- Chapter 5. VARIATIONS ON THE LEARNING PROCESS -- Chapter 6 LOCAL INTERACTION -- Chapter 7....

Biographical note: Samuel Bowles is Research Professor and Director of the Behavioral Sciences Program at the Santa Fe Institute, and Professor of Economics at the University of Siena. Steven N. Durlauf is Kenneth J. Arrow Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Karla...