What Should West Africa Do to Over the Harmful Historical Effects of the Slave Trade?

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trust tends to be increasing the levels of education. For low levels of income, trust is increasing in income,. But then that's the chicken and egg problems. Well, how do we generate omic development that results in more trust? So when you have economic development, you're going to have more interactions between individuals. People will learn that they can trust one another. And i think that that's going to be part of, part of the benefit. Ah, and then we can co operate and realize there are benefits to co operation that lead to higher levels of trust....

Nathan Nunn’s work history includes automotive stores, a freight company, a paint factory, a ski hill, photography, book publishing, private tutoring, and more. Having grown up in a lower-income Canadian family, he recognizes the importance of having multiple pathways to climb the socioeconomic ladder. Now, as a development economist at Harvard, his research investigates how things like history, culture and contract enforcement shape the development paths of nations.

Nathan joined Tyler for a conversation about which African countries a theory of persistence would lead him to bet on, why so many Africans live in harder to settle areas, his predictions for the effects of Chinese development on East Africa, why genetic distance is a strong predictor of bilateral income differences and trade, the pleasant surprises of visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo, the role of the Catholic Church in the development of the West, why Canadian football is underrated, the unique commutes of Ottawans, the lack of Canadian brands, what’s missing from most economic graduate programs, the benefits of studying economics outside of the United States, how the plow shaped gender roles in the societies that used it, the cultural values behind South Korea’s success, and more.

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