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Why is Africa so poor while Europe and North America are so wealthy?
The Washington Post ^ | April 24, 2016 | Andrew Gelman

Posted on 04/24/2016 9:05:52 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

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To: Ozark Tom

True - the Coptic Christians of southern Egypt are closer to the Pyramid builders than the now Muslim populations to the north, a mix of Arab invaders, Greeks, Romans and every other invading population.


201 posted on 04/24/2016 7:16:26 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: MinorityRepublican
Why is Africa so poor while Europe and North America are so wealthy?

Because africa hasn't advanced culturally since the stone age.

202 posted on 04/24/2016 7:57:32 PM PDT by zeugma (Woohoo! It looks like I'll get to vote for an abrasive clown for president!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

203 posted on 04/24/2016 8:06:10 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: null and void

I have seen lines of argument like yours before, and I can see some truth in it. Basically, contentedness breeds laziness. I mean, if all you had to do to eat was walk out the door and pluck a fruit from the tree, why would you bother to invent agriculture?


204 posted on 04/24/2016 8:08:09 PM PDT by XEHRpa
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To: MinorityRepublican

African corruption - precisely the sort of thing which is growing in the United States.

Any other dumb questions?


205 posted on 04/24/2016 11:39:06 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Organic Panic
I'm reminded of the Kingston Trio.

"They're rioting in Africa. They're starving in Spain. There's hurricanes in Florida and Texas needs rain. The whole world is festering with unhappy souls."

206 posted on 04/25/2016 1:43:07 AM PDT by Does so (Vote for Hillary...Stay Home...==8-O)
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To: SamAdams76

There’s also less movement of the sun at the equator. Cold northern climes would jolt the impulse to “be prepared”. Too much cold would discourage the eventual migration—and development of advanced cultures—to the Americas.


207 posted on 04/25/2016 1:47:28 AM PDT by Does so (Vote for Hillary...Stay Home...==8-O)
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To: BenLurkin
Genetics governs the outcome in a society? The Nazis beat these clowns to it almost 100 years ago.

Of course, the counter to this that the notion that genes have nothing to do with achievement among individuals or among groups is a Marxist dogma. The idea that we're all equal, born with blank slate minds, and solely products of society and environment is the foundation for all left-wing social engineering experiments.

208 posted on 04/25/2016 9:23:51 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: MinorityRepublican

for the SAME reason every democrat run city is bankrupt and lawless.......


209 posted on 04/25/2016 9:42:05 AM PDT by zzwhale
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To: Does so

... and I don’t like anybody very much.


210 posted on 04/25/2016 2:07:37 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring

:)


211 posted on 04/25/2016 2:52:39 PM PDT by Does so (Vote for Hillary...Stay Home...==8-O)
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To: Does so

Merry Minuet.

Remember it from a half-century ago on one of my parent’s LPs.

Remember LPs?


212 posted on 04/25/2016 3:10:11 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring
I've got a bunch, and two record players to play them on.

OTOH, YouTube is just a click away!

213 posted on 04/25/2016 4:04:11 PM PDT by Does so (Vote for Hillary...Stay Home...==8-O)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Andrew,do you REALLY have to ask? Seems pretty obvious to me.


214 posted on 04/26/2016 3:12:53 AM PDT by democratsaremyenemy
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