IQ and the wealth of nations
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Praeger,
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Publisher Address: | Westport, Conn. |
Publication Dates: | 2002. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Human evolution, behavior, and intelligence, |
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Carrier Form: | xviii, 298 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: | 027597510X (alk. paper) |
Index Number: | B848 |
CLC: | B848.5 |
Call Number: | B848.5/L989 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-290) and index. Why are some countries so rich and others so poor? -- Intelligence: an introduction to the concept -- Intelligence and earnings -- Intelligence and further economic and social phenomena -- The sociology of intelligence, earnings, and social competence -- Data on variables and methods of analysis -- National IQs and economic development in 81 nations -- National IQs and economic development in 185 countries -- Intelligence and markets as the determinants of economic development -- The future of the wealth of nations -- Appendix 1: The calculation of national intelligence levells -- Appendix 2: Data on per capita income and economic growth in 185 countries. |