Being colonized by Britain has been linked to positive outcomes later. How about Ottomans? https://sites.duke.edu/timurkuran/files/2017/09/Islam-Economic-Performance-Kuran-JEL-in-press.pdf …pic.twitter.com/sDbtHEynmw
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Being colonized by Britain has been linked to positive outcomes later. How about Ottomans? https://sites.duke.edu/timurkuran/files/2017/09/Islam-Economic-Performance-Kuran-JEL-in-press.pdf …pic.twitter.com/sDbtHEynmw
The question is relative to what came before. British India was advancing pretty quickly until the independence movements really kicked into high-gear after WWI.
Because no famines ever happened in India before the British came along, right?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine_in_India#Ancient,_medieval_and_pre-colonial_India …
India under British rule was richer than China at the time, and British Africa - which was under more direct British rule than India - was richer than India. But when under there own rule, Africans are poorer than Indians who are poorer than Chinese.
Muting on Twitter can result in things looking quite misleading. Does the Alt Hyp hate me? :ppic.twitter.com/q47Vcviavs
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