fabio wrote:
>1) The current distribution of wealth fits the latitude hypothesis
>pretty well. ...
>2) The real question is whether the current distribution of wealth is
>typical or not. If you did the same study 1000 AD, would you get the same
>picture?

This is indeed the right question to ask.  There seem to be just too
many possible explanatory variables and too few independent data points
at the moment.  The solution: get more data points!

Robin Hanson  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  http://hanson.gmu.edu
Asst. Prof. Economics, George Mason University
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