Re:Jared Diamond: A Reply to His Critics
by chongli on Saturday June 10, 2023 @03:46PM
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South America was pretty much entirely a jungle-covered mineral colony. Resource curse theory applies.
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Re:Jared Diamond: A Reply to His Critics
by WalterBright on Sunday June 11, 2023 @02:00PM
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I'm not buying those excuses. SA failed to prosper because they had unfree economies. Chile has prospered when it went more free market, and regressed when it turned away from them.