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IQ AND THE WEALTH OF NATIONS

Contents Tables Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Why Are Some Countries So Rich and Others So Poor?

CLIMATE THEORIES GEOGRAPHY MODERNIZATION THEORIES PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES CULTURE DEPENDENCY AND WORLD SYSTEM THEORIES NEOCLASSICAL THEORIES MULTI-CAUSAL THEORIES SUMMARY

2 Intelligence: An Introduction to the Concept

DEFINITION OF INTELLIGENCE THE HIERARCHICAL MODEL OF INTELLIGENCE THE IQ ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CORRELATES OF INTELLIGENCE NATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN INTELLIGENCE THE HERITABILITY OF INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

3 Intelligence and Earnings

INTELLIGENCE AND EARNINGS TRAINABILITY JOB PROFICIENCY COGNITIVE CAPACITIES AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INTELLIGENCE A MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF IQ, EARNINGS, AND OCCUPATION THE LAW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND SUMMARY

4 Intelligence and Further Economic and Social Phenomena

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT INTELLIGENCE AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT GENIUS THE BELL CURVE THE UNDERCLASS SUMMARY

5 The Sociology of Intelligence, Earnings, and Social Competence

NEW YORK CITY, 1930–32 LONDON, 1937 AMERICAN CITIES, 1939 AMERICAN STATES THE BRITISH ISLES FRANCE AND SPAIN INTELLIGENCE AND MORTALITY SELECTIVE MIGRATION AND POPULATION IQ DIFFERENCES POSITIVE FEEDBACK EFFECTS THE GENETIC COMPONENT IN SUB-POPULATION DIFFERENCES SUMMARY

6 Data on Variables and Methods of Analysis

CALCULATION OF NATIONAL IQs IN 81 COUNTRIES RELIABILITY OF NATIONAL IQs VALIDITY OF NATIONAL IQs NATIONAL IQs AND REACTION TIMES NATIONAL IQs AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ESTIMATION OF MISSING NATIONAL IQs DATA FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT METHODS OF ANALYSIS SUMMARY

7 National IQs and Economic Development in 81 Nations

CORRELATIONS OF NATIONAL IQs AND PER CAPITA INCOME CORRELATIONS OF NATIONAL IQs AND ECONOMIC GROWTH REGRESSION OF NATIONAL INCOME IN 1998 ON IQs SUMMARY

8 National IQs and Economic Development in 185 Countries

CORRELATIONS BETWEEN NATIONAL IQs AND PER CAPITA INCOME, 1820–1998 CORRELATIONS BETWEEN NATIONAL IQs AND ECONOMIC GROWTH REGRESSION OF PER CAPITA INCOME IN 1900 ON IQs REGRESSION OF PER CAPITA INCOME IN 1930 ON IQs REGRESSION OF PER CAPITA INCOME IN 1960 ON IQs REGRESSION OF PER CAPITA INCOME IN 1998 ON IQs ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES

Extreme Deviations Significantly Deviant Countries

COUNTRIES WITH MINOR DEVIATIONS NON-DEVIANT COUNTRIES THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY SUMMARY

9 Intelligence and Markets as the Determinants of Economic Development

INTELLIGENCE AND EARNING CAPACITY INTELLIGENCE OF POLITICAL LEADERS CLIMATE, GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RECONSIDERED MODERNIZATION AND CONVERGENCE THEORIES INDIA CHINA JAPAN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUMMARY

10 The Future of the Wealth of Nations

NUTRITION MALNUTRITION IN UNDERDEVELOPED NATIONS HEALTH EDUCATION DYSGENIC FERTILITY PERSISTENCE OF NATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN MEAN IQs GENETIC BASIS OF NATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN INTELLIGENCE CONCLUSIONS: HOW SHOULD WE LIVE WITH PERSISTENT INEQUALITIES?

Appendix 1 The Calculation of National Intelligence Levels

Argentina Australia Austria Barbados Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada China Colombia Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (Zaire) Croatia Cuba Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador Egypt Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kenya Lebanon Malaysia Marshall Islands Mexico Morocco Nepal The Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Norway Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Tonga Turkey Uganda United States Uruguay Western Samoa Zambia Zimbabwe

Appendix 2 Data on Per Capita Income and Economic Growth in 185 Countries Bibliography Index ABOUT THE AUTHORS

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