On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Deepak Jois <[email protected]> wrote: > Economist Gregory Clark in his book "Farewell to Alms" makes the > argument that workers in British cotton mills in early 20th century > were much more productive than workers in Indian cotton mills, even > though they had access to the same kind of technology and equipment. > > In the end, he concluded that usual economic explanations (like lack > of institutions etc.) were not sufficient to explain this difference, > and hinted that cultural and genetic factors were involved which > affected "labor quality", which were beyond the domain of what > economists study. >
And before someone decides to hang me for promoting a "Indians are lazy" argument :), there is an interesting discussion about it at Sepia Mutiny : http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/004695.html with links to papers refute Clark's points. Deepak
