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Mar 1, 2023·edited Mar 1, 2023

There are plenty of non-cognitive cultural and institutional factors that affect national wealth. Genetically similar groups can vary significantly in terms of economic prosperity, i.e., North Korea versus South Korea today or modern-day China versus China during the Mao era.

At best national IQ is a necessary but far from sufficient criterion for economic prosperity.

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