An Economic Inquiry into the Nonlinear Behaviors of Nations Dynamic
This book applies an economic approach to examine the driving forces behind the dynamic behaviors of developing nations. Taking into account initial conditions and environmental and external factors often oversimplified by historians and anthropologists,
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Rongxing Guo
An Economic Inquiry into the Nonlinear Behaviors of Nations
Rongxing Guo
An Economic Inquiry into the Nonlinear Behaviors of Nations Dynamic Developments and the Origins of Civilizations
Rongxing Guo Peking University Beijing, China
ISBN 978-3-319-48771-7 ISBN 978-3-319-48772-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-48772-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016956914 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: Avalon/Photoshot License / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To those men and women who have devoted themselves to, but still were maltreated in the process toward, free, democratic, and prosperous nations
Acknowledgments
Since the 1960s, I have been lucky to become an element of one of the world’s most important civilizations. Perhaps, Chinese civilization has been the only world-class indigenous civilization that is still surviving today. Even luckier is that I have been witnessing both China’s long declining cycle (1820–1970) and its ongoing growth cycle, all enabling me to have ample evidence on nonlinear behaviors of one of the oldest civilizations in the world. I am particularly proud of living in such a dynamic and rapidly changing country—though my feelings about it are somewhat mixed—naturally and socially. Nevertheless, it is the coexistence of various contradictory factors (including shortage and abundance, poor and rich, justice and prejudice, good and evil, and so on) that encompasses the driving forces behind the nonlinear behaviors of humans, civilizations, and nations throughout history. Many organizations and individuals have offered their generous help, without which I would not have finished the manuscript as per sch
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