Mr BoShambles
jambiguous
it's totally possible that both are happening simultaneously -- two sides of the same coin?
hmmm... or is it driving fragmentation, reactionism, reassertion of distinct identities in the face of the 'forces of homogenisation' (bluuurgh)?
it's totally possible that both are happening simultaneously -- two sides of the same coin?
What about Strauss and the "nature of the city"?
Former World Bank economist and NYU professor Bill Easterly interviewed at EconTalk (my favourite economics podcast), discussing growth, poverty and aid.
Fascinating stuff - it's making my early evening drudgery a great deal more pleasant!
Charles Tilly paper:-
What exactly is the connection between Ronald Coase's theory of the firm and the Institutional Economics of North et al? I can see that there are transaction costs to using the price mechanism and therefore advantages to be gained from non-market organisation of resourses. How is this related to the monopoly of force achieved by states, to the (hopeful) advantage of their citizens? Do the market set prices for protection influence the size of the state?
The Westphalian state is a new equilibrium. Natural states and open access orders are alternative equilibria and Tilly's conception of the (modern) state is no different, which is why it is so lethal.
The Westphalian state is a new equilibrium. Natural states and open access orders are alternative equilibria...
...and Tilly's conception of the (modern) state is no different, which is why it is so lethal.
What did you think of Easterly's interview? He didn't cut Collier much shrift ...
I totally grok this:
The neoclassical result of efficient markets only obtains when it is costless to transact. When it is costly to transact, institutions matter.