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Go to Gapminder.org for these, tons of data to download, but well worth it....

AT THE START You will see all countries poor in 1800, ALL at about $1000 per year to live on, economic growth only begins in 1700, etc...

BY 1981 PROTESTANT WEST IS OUT FRONT WITH JAPAN BELOW....
PROTESTANT ARE YELLOW, JAPAN IS GREEN, SO RELIGION MATTERS
GAVE US RULE OF LAW, PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND ETHICS UNDER GOD

So we had

  • smart people before (Socrates)

  • trade

  • geography

  • Marxist oppression always

  • science prior

  • markets with the ancient Hebrews and Greeks…

So what caused the growth, if not any of these ???

Answer: THE MARKET SYSTEM

THE SYSTEM IS A SOCIAL CHOICE

CHOOSE WISELY, HOW ARE WE DOING LATELY??