4 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American economic historian — Harvard — author of The Wealth and Poverty of Nations — who argued that culture (specifically the Protestant work ethic and technological curiosity) rather than geography explains economic development differences.
American economist and political philosopher who combined Austrian School economics with natural rights libertarianism to create Anarcho-capitalism — the most radical market-anarchist political philosophy in modern academic thought.
David Landes's 1998 account of global economic development — arguing that cultural factors (curiosity, work ethic, property rights, rule of law) rather than geography explain why some nations are rich and others poor — the most prominent counter to Diamond's geographic determinism.
Harvard economic historian whose The Wealth and Poverty of Nations (1998) argued for culture as the primary determinant of economic development — the most culturally conservative major work in development economics.