Around 1:24 in the Amy wax seemed to allude to the attended a conference where the debate surrounding what is sometimes referred to as the ‘great divergence’ was taking place. She expressed her view that she found the explanations being suggested as to why the West became so powerful to be lacking. One of the more interesting participants in that discussion in recent decades is Dierdre McCloskey in her extensive ‘Bourgeois Trilogy’ in which she questions many of the assumptions about capitalism the forces that encouraged what some refer to as the Great Enrichment. I have only begun to tackle the trilogy but have read her short, ‘Leave me alone, and I will make you rich’ coauthored with Art Carden. She contends that things like slavery and colonialism do not explain the rise of the west and instead emphasizes the changes that allowed the Bourgeois the freedom to innovate as being key to understanding these developments. While looking up some information on Professor Wax, I noticed she coauthored a piece called, ‘Paying the price for breakdown of the country's bourgeois culture’ (https://www.inquirer.com/philly/opinion/commentary/paying-the-price-for-breakdown-of-the-countrys-bourgeois-culture-20170809.html) I’m not sure if Professor McCloskey would be someone who fits for the Glenn Show, but her views and emphasis raise some interesting points about success.
Around 1:24 in the Amy wax seemed to allude to the attended a conference where the debate surrounding what is sometimes referred to as the ‘great divergence’ was taking place. She expressed her view that she found the explanations being suggested as to why the West became so powerful to be lacking. One of the more interesting participants in that discussion in recent decades is Dierdre McCloskey in her extensive ‘Bourgeois Trilogy’ in which she questions many of the assumptions about capitalism the forces that encouraged what some refer to as the Great Enrichment. I have only begun to tackle the trilogy but have read her short, ‘Leave me alone, and I will make you rich’ coauthored with Art Carden. She contends that things like slavery and colonialism do not explain the rise of the west and instead emphasizes the changes that allowed the Bourgeois the freedom to innovate as being key to understanding these developments. While looking up some information on Professor Wax, I noticed she coauthored a piece called, ‘Paying the price for breakdown of the country's bourgeois culture’ (https://www.inquirer.com/philly/opinion/commentary/paying-the-price-for-breakdown-of-the-countrys-bourgeois-culture-20170809.html) I’m not sure if Professor McCloskey would be someone who fits for the Glenn Show, but her views and emphasis raise some interesting points about success.