Pillars of Prosperity : : The Political Economics of Development Clusters / / Torsten Persson, Timothy Besley.
"Little else is required to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things." So wrote Adam Smith a quarter of a millennium ago. Usi...
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