The roads of ideas, faith, commodities, disease, and disaster
A review of “The Silk Roads” by Peter Frankopan
Why the West is best
Niall Ferguson shows us why the West dominated the Rest in his masterful book, “Civilization.”
Thinking more critically about the West’s rise
A review of Ian Morris’s “Why the West Rules – For Now.”
Rich nation, poor nation
David Landes explores the wealth disparities between nations from the Middle Ages to the present in “The Wealth and Poverty of Nations”
Rethinking our origins, rethinking our progress
A late review of Jared Diamond’s timeless masterpiece: Guns, Germs, And Steel