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Garett Jones - Hive Mind: How Your Nation’s IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own - 9780804785969 - V9780804785969
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Hive Mind: How Your Nation’s IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own

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Description for Hive Mind: How Your Nation’s IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own Hardback. In Hive Mind, Garett Jones draws on an array of research from psychology, economics, management, and political science to make the case that IQ scores are a strong predictor of national prosperity. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMRN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 472.

Over the last few decades, economists and psychologists have quietly documented the many ways in which a person's IQ matters. But, research suggests that a nation's IQ matters so much more.

As Garett Jones argues in Hive Mind, modest differences in national IQ can explain most cross-country inequalities. Whereas IQ scores do a moderately good job of predicting individual wages, information processing power, and brain size, a country's average score is a much stronger bellwether of its overall prosperity.

Drawing on an expansive array of research from psychology, economics, management, and political science, Jones argues that intelligence and cognitive ... Read more

Jones makes the case that, through better nutrition and schooling, we can raise IQ, thereby fostering higher savings rates, more productive teams, and more effective bureaucracies. After demonstrating how test scores that matter little for individuals can mean a world of difference for nations, the book leaves readers with policy-oriented conclusions and hopeful speculation: Whether we lift up the bottom through changing the nature of work, institutional improvements, or freer immigration, it is possible that this period of massive global inequality will be a short season by the standards of human history if we raise our global IQ.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804785969
SKU
V9780804785969
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Garett Jones
Garett Jones is Associate Professor of Economics at the Center for Study of Public Choice, George Mason University. Garett's research and commentary have appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Forbes, and Businessweek.

Reviews for Hive Mind: How Your Nation’s IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own
"Whereas individuals' IQs are less strongly related to their performance, the relationship between national averages of IQ and performance indicators such as gross domestic product is robust. But, the beneficial indicators are not limited to economic statistics; they include better public health, higher levels of education and skills, patience, prudence and a willingness to save for the futureJones concludes his ... Read more

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