We propose and test empirically a theory describing the endogenous formation and persistence of mega-states, using China as an example. We suggest that the relative timing of the emergence of agricultural societies, and their distance from each other, set off a race between their autochthonous...

We propose and test empirically a theory describing the endogenous formation and persistence of mega-states, using China as an example. We suggest that the relative timing of the emergence of agricultural societies, and their distance from each other, set off a race between their autochthonous...

We propose and test empirically a theory describing the endogenous formation and persistence of mega-states, using China as an example. We suggest that the relative timing of the emergence of agricultural societies, and their distance from each other, set off a race between their autochthonous...

We propose and test empirically a theory describing the endogenous formation and persistence of mega-states, using China as an example. We suggest that the relative timing of the emergence of agricultural societies, and their distance from each other, set off a race between their autochthonous...

Chapter 1. Complexity Theory and Broadened Rationality on Man and Society -- Chapter 2. Influential Linearized Theories on Man and Society -- Chapter 3. Bifurcations, Chaos, and Unpredictability -- Chapter 4. Self-Organization, Catastrophes, and Structural Changes -- Chapter 5 Uncertainties with...

The Limitations of Human Understanding of the World -- The Evolution of the Thinking Paradigm and Its Philosophical Basis -- A Bird’s-eye View of the Economic Society -- The Micro-level of the Economic System: The Dynamic Structure and Evolution of the Firm -- The Meso-level of the Economic...