The geography of tyranny and despair: Development indicators and the hypothesis of genetic inevitability of national inequality

Geographical Journal

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-206

  Morse, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development indicatos; Indices; IQ GDP

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; CORE-PERIPHERY RELATIONS; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; RACE; UNDERDEVELOPMENT;

EID: 50549083235     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2008.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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