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Why the West Progressed in Ways No One Else Had

May 29, 2014

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in Capitalism and Markets, China, Economic Development, Europe, Great Divergence, History, Human Progress, Religion, Technology

I just read Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages by Frances & Joseph Gies. The book focuses on technological development during the 1,000 years from 500-1500 C.E. The Middle Ages was once cast as an age of regression from the golden age of Greece and Rome until the Renaissance and…

Social Science and Culture Links

Feb 24, 2014

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1. Two informative articles in Forbes: A Tale Of Two Incomes: How To Handle Having More Money Than Your Friends and A Tale Of Two Incomes: How To Handle Having Less Money Than Your Friends 2. New Yorker: Why Your Name Matters … The effects of name-signalling—what names say about ethnicity, religion, social sphere, and…

Early Christian Compassion and Justice

Apr 18, 2012

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in Christian Life, Economics, History, Poverty

From John Dickson at the Centre for Public Christianity HT: Earliest Christianity

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Why the West Progressed in Ways No One Else Had

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Early Christian Compassion and Justice