44. Technological and International Causes of Stagnation

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. THE REALITY OF SOCIETAL DEATH
4. 1. All Societies Die 1
5. 2. Is a Fall Really a Fall? 5
6. 3. The Fall of the Byzantine Empire: The Greatest Story You’ve Never Heard 9
7. 4. The End Comes to Byzantium 12
8. 5. The Environmental Causes of Violence in the Middle East 15
9. 6. The French Revolution: Fighting about Taxes at the Worst Possible Time 19
10. 7. How States Actually Die: The Real-Life Death of Somalia 22
11. 8. Somalia after the Fall 25
12. 9. What Links These Stories? 27
13. 10. Rethinking Ecological Catastrophe 30
14. 11. Rethinking Moral Crisis 34
15. 12. Networks of Cooperation 38
16. 13. Why Bigger Is Better 42
17. 14. Legitimation: So Hard to Earn, So Precious to Have 46
18. 15. Psychological Foundations of Societal Survival 49
19. 16. Progress That Is Real: The Reduction of Poverty 51
20. 17. Progress That Is Real: The Improvement in Health 55
21. 18. Progress That Is Real: The Reduction of Violent Crime 58
22. 19. The Motivation to Not Cooperate: The Origins of Civilization in Raiding 62
23. 20. Primitive Accumulation Today: Raiding Is Not Dead 66
24. 21. The Motivation to Not Cooperate: How Europe Historically Underdeveloped Much of the World 69
25. 22. What Can Go Wrong When Western Companies Invest in Poor Nations 73
26. 23. Cycles of Catastrophic Debt 76
27. 24. East Asian Secrets of Economic Growth 80
28. 25. Big Government and Prosperity in the United States 84
29. 26. The Miracle of Airports 88
30. 27. The Origins of National Technological Advantage 91
31. 28. The Economic Returns to Funding Scientific Research 95
32. 29. The Tax Revolt: How the Conservative Middle Class Became the Revolutionary Class of Capitalism 97
33. 30. Why Tax Cuts Do Not Create Jobs 102
34. 31. The Explosion of Crime in the Global South 106
35. 32. The Parallel Power: The Criminal Second State 110
36. 33. A Guide to Corruption for Naive Idealists 114
37. 34. Technical Demoralization 117
38. 35. What It Takes to Clean Up Corruption 120
39. 36. Ethnic Violence: The Economic Basis of Hatred 124
40. 37. Working at Creating a Culture of Hatred 128
41. 38. Landlessness and Political Violence 132
42. 39. Landlessness and Political Violence: The Evidence 136
43. 40. The Global Land Grab 140
44. 41. Population Growth and Landlessness 144
45. 42. Triggers of Destruction 148
46. 43. Long-Term Booms and Busts in Capitalism 151
47. 44. Technological and International Causes of Stagnation 155
48. 45. Will There Be a Sixth Mensch Cycle? 159
49. 46. Ever-Expanding Frontiers of Ecological Destruction 161
50. 47. Why Women’s Power Matters 164
51. 48. Patriarchy Redux? 168
52. 49. The Circle of Societal Death 172
53. 50. Triggering the Circle of Societal Death 201
54. 51. Creating a Culture of Societal Survival 206
55. 52. Changing the Culture of One-Third of the World: How Christianity Spread from Palestine 209
56. 53. Creating a Culture of Caretaking: Women in Ancient Rome and 2000’s Uganda 213
57. 54. Creating Lasting Meaningful Social Reform: The Abolition of Slavery I 217
58. 55. Creating Lasting Meaningful Social Reform: The Abolition of Slavery II 221
59. 56. Doing the Right Thing under Impossible Conditions: Saving the Jews under Nazism 224
60. 57. What You Can Do to Save the World 227
61. Appendix: Unit of Analysis Issues in Comparative Social Science 231
62. Scholarly References 235