Purpose: We analyze how countries are similar and different in terms of cultures and institutions and the extent to which they can be grouped into civilizations. This is based on Huntington's (1993,1996) framework that states there are major cultural and institutional differences between...

Purpose: We analyze how countries are similar and different in terms of cultures and institutions and the extent to which they can be grouped into civilizations. This is based on Huntington's (1993,1996) framework that states there are major cultural and institutional differences between...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Excerpts from Reviews of Sergey Bodrunov's Noonomy -- About the Author -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Foreword to the English Edition -- Scientific Editor's Foreword -- Introduction -- Part 1: Methodology -- 1. The Role of Material...

In March 1999, a small number of Californians discovered a new world called Norrath, populated by an exotic but industrious people. About 12,000 people call this place their permanent home, although some 60,000 are present there at any given time. The nominal hourly wage is about USD 3.42 per...

"The theory of noonomy is one of very few attempts to provide a holistic, theoretically grounded perspective on the socioeconomic development of human civilization. For that reason, this theory, whose premises and content have already been articulated by the author in a series of articles and...

"The story of civilization from an entirely new vantage point-the six raw materials that have shaped and will continue to shape humanity's destiny. Sand, iron, salt, oil, copper and lithium: The struggle for these fundamental materials has created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our...

"What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four 'grand transitions' of civilization - in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics - which have transformed the way we live. Now a fifth transition is underway: the environmental changes that...