tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post9000596420773859837..comments2024-03-14T11:09:32.759-05:00Comments on Falkenblog: Israeli's Advantage Over Palestine: Not Culture!Eric Falkensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-64045756992057611012012-08-07T02:57:45.343-05:002012-08-07T02:57:45.343-05:00For forms of gov't let fools contest, whatever...For forms of gov't let fools contest, whatever's best administered is best.bjdubbsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-24160436777581929982012-08-03T08:14:58.358-05:002012-08-03T08:14:58.358-05:00Unbelievable: it’s not simply the case that the po...Unbelievable: it’s not simply the case that the positive, performance enhancing power of multiculturalism is greater than the sum of its parts, it is also the case that each of those parts has a zero value because if they didn’t, it would follow that some cultures and cultural traits have greater value than others…and that’s impossible.<br /><br />How would one express that verity mathematically EF?Mercurynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-33294756122518287102012-08-03T07:48:03.184-05:002012-08-03T07:48:03.184-05:00What Acemoglu misses is that a society's cultu...What Acemoglu misses is that a society's culture (or philosohy) is generally the capital which buys one's institutions.AHWesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829802681623277432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-83234629574117760002012-08-03T06:01:11.261-05:002012-08-03T06:01:11.261-05:00Acemoglu's point about 'extractive institu...Acemoglu's point about 'extractive institutions' seems reasonable, but that doesn't make the culture differential argument wrong either. Can bad culture create/reinforce extractive institutions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-16843091185893552702012-08-03T00:28:54.028-05:002012-08-03T00:28:54.028-05:00Culture also explains the failure of Keynesian clo...Culture also explains the failure of Keynesian clown macroeconomists like <a href="http://www.wcvarones.com/2011/05/brief-history-of-ben-bernanke-being.html" rel="nofollow">Ben Bernanke being consistently, spectacularly wrong about everything</a> while their non-Keynesian, private-sector counterparts predicted exactly what happened.W.C. Varoneshttp://www.wcvarones.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-49546626476076510142012-08-02T21:08:54.599-05:002012-08-02T21:08:54.599-05:00Compare and contrast the lives of Israelis and Pal...Compare and contrast the lives of Israelis and Palestinians living outside the Mid East. There is where you see the effects of culture. <br /><br />Israelis are way ahead on measures like Nobel prizes, business success, academic success, literary success, and so on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com