Populations originating in areas that spent longer under medieval Catholicism are more trusting and less conformist
countries are rich and others are poor is an enduring debate in economics. Natural resources and friendly climates help only a bit. In contrast, robust political institutions and a steady rule of law seem essential. But why did these precursors evolve in just a few dozen states?
A recent study by Jonathan Schulz, Joseph Henrich and two other scholars proposes an explanation that delves even further back in time. They focus on family structure. Until recent human history, people lived in small groups and often married relatives. These habits reinforced family ties, but made people wary of outsiders., when the Catholic church began banning polygamy and marriages between cousins, or between widows or widowers and their dead spouses’ siblings.
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