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IQ and the Wealth of Nations
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Richard Lynn, Tatu Vanhanen
Book Code: C7510
ISBN: 0-275-97510-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97510-4
320 pages, Figures; Tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 2/28/2002
List Price: $102.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Lynn and Vanhanen have made a major contribution to highlighting the importance of intellegence as one factor in accounting for disparities between rich and poor countries.
    —Development Policy Review     January 2004
  • Lynn and Vanhanen have launched a powerful challenge to economic historians and development economists ...
    —Heredity     2004
  • Endorsement From J. Phillippe Rushton
    Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
    Professor of Psychology, University of Western Ontario:     [A] brilliant integration of economics and psychology that illuminates the nexus between mental ability on the one hand, and national wealth, industrial productivity, and well being, on the other. This is a book that social scientists, policy experts, and global investment analysts cannot afford to ignore....Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanen's thesis is stunningly engineered to allow for no error of inference and no possible outcome than the correct one, strangely overlooked until now...IQ and the Wealth of Nations does for the study of human diversity and achievement among nations what The Bell Curve did for IQ and achievement in the USA.
Description: Lynn and Vanhanen test the hypothesis on the causal relationship between the average national intelligence (IQ) and the gap between rich and poor countries by empirical evidence. Based on an extensive survey of national IQ tests, the results of their work challenge the previous theories of economic development and provide a new basis to evaluate the prospects of economic development throughout the world. They begin by reviewing and evaluating some major previous theories. The concept of intelligence is then described and intelligence quotient (IQ) introduced. Next they show that intelligence is a significant determinant of earnings within nations, and they connect intelligence with various economic and social phenomena. The sociology of intelligence at the level of sub-populations in nations is examined, and the independent (national IQ) and dependent (various measures of per capita income and economic growth rates) variables are defined and described. They then provide empirical analyses starting from the 81 countries for which direct evidence of national IQs is available; the analysis is then extended to the world group of 185 countries. The hypothesis is tested by the methods of correlation and regression analyses. The results of statistical analyses support the hypothesis strongly. The results of the analyses and various means to reduce the gap between rich and poor countries are discussed. A provocative analysis that all scholars, students, and researchers involved with economic development need to confront.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Why Are Some Countries So Rich and Others So Poor?
  • Intelligence: An Introduction to the Concept
  • Intelligence and Earnings
  • Intelligence and Further Economic and Social Phenomena
  • The Sociology of Intelligence, Earnings, and Social Competence
  • Data on Variables and Methods of Analysis
  • National IQs and Economic Development in 81 Nations
  • National IQs and Economic Development in 185 Countries
  • Intelligence and Markets as the Determinants of Economic Development
  • The Future of the Wealth of Nations
  • Appendix 1: The Calculation of National Intelligence Levels
  • Appendix 2: Data on Per Capita Income and Economic Growth in 185 Countries
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2001036306
LCC Class: BF431
Dewey Class: 153
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