Barkley Rosser (once of pen-l, soon to return) forwards these comments on
Jared Diamond's _Guns, Germs Steel_
Remarks on Diamond in light of Devine and DeLong reviews:
I think the claim that _Germs, Guns, and Steel_ by Jared Diamond
is the greatest work of genius in econ
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/18/00 02:39PMBut, there is a
big problem with Diamond's argument and it is
Africa. O'Neill and others make it clear that Africa, the likely
origin of humanity, has more diseases than anywhere else in the world and
many of these came from contact
