Lipton Matthews talks to Swedish economist Nils-Petter Lagerlöf on why Europe and the West greatly outpaced older and vaster Eastern civilisations in technical and economic development. Among the factors considered are the divided political structure of Europe combined with a relatively free exchange of knowledge, the general tendency of older states to be extractive rather than productive, monogamy, and the greater mobilisation of female and minority talent related to Christianity.
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