As Africa's role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of
history on the continent's economy and polity. We discuss recent works that shed light on …

The immense economic inequality we observe in the world today didn't happen overnight, or
even in the past century. It is the path dependent outcome of a multitude of historical …

In many developing countries, the institutional framework governing economic life has its
roots in the colonial period, when the interests of European settlers clashed with those of the …

More than two centuries after Smith's Wealth of Nations, economists still inquire why the
whole world is not developed. As earlier chapters have indicated, their analyses have …

In the last half century, economics has taken over from anthropology the role of drawing the
powerful conceptual worldviews that organize knowledge and inform policy in both domestic …

Levels of economic development vary widely within countries in the Americas. This paper
argues that part of this variation has its roots in the colonial era. Colonizers engaged in …

In the last half century, economics has taken over from anthropology the role of drawing the
powerful worldviews that organize knowledge and inform policy in both domestic and …

In recent years the debate about comparative economic development has broadened out to
take account of work in other major human sciences, particularly anthropology, sociology …

As such, virtually nothing is said about the colonization of the Americas. In fact, uninformed
readers may easily walk away with the impression that the largest and most invasive …