tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post6127345476084271043..comments2023-10-31T00:46:35.316+13:00Comments on Anti-Dismal: Cause and effect: ancient trade and developmentPaul Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13731003529546075700noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post-31057871713160048042013-09-26T01:46:22.433+12:002013-09-26T01:46:22.433+12:00Tim. A good point. The 2001 book "Second Natu...Tim. A good point. The 2001 book "Second Nature: Economic Origins of Human Evolution", Cambridge: Cambridge University Press by Haim Ofek looks in detail at the relationship between economics and human development.Paul Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731003529546075700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404820640426099135.post-61617259492006666692013-09-26T01:21:39.251+12:002013-09-26T01:21:39.251+12:00That propensity to truck and barter (Adam Smith) m...That propensity to truck and barter (Adam Smith) might actually predate Homo Sapiens as Matt Ridley has argued. We've certainly seen evidence that flints and stone tools that predate Homo Sapiens were traded over long distances.<br /><br />So perhaps not even that trade made civilisation, but that trade made humans. Tim Worstallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.com