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Measures of Social EvolutionEconomic Measures

Measures of Social Evolution: Economic Measures [Focusing on the time-frame for which economic data is available means that the societies of interest are nations. Based on a very simple model of a nation’s economy, a number of economic measures are chosen that allow us to make useful correlations with the state of evolution of nations. They are: (1) government expenditure as a fraction of GD; (2) the expenditure on public primary and secondary education as a fraction of GDP; (3) government expenditure on arts and culture as a fraction of GDP; (4) income inequality; and (5) wealth concentration and media ownership. As a final comment, it is noted that the evolution of nations is now at a point where the next species is starting to emerge, and based on the level of violence that accompanied the emergence of earlier species, there is a cause for concern. This is pursued further in Chap. 4.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Publisher
Springer Singapore
Copyright
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
ISBN
978-981-16-1799-7
Pages
13 –40
DOI
10.1007/978-981-16-1800-0_2
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Abstract

[Focusing on the time-frame for which economic data is available means that the societies of interest are nations. Based on a very simple model of a nation’s economy, a number of economic measures are chosen that allow us to make useful correlations with the state of evolution of nations. They are: (1) government expenditure as a fraction of GD; (2) the expenditure on public primary and secondary education as a fraction of GDP; (3) government expenditure on arts and culture as a fraction of GDP; (4) income inequality; and (5) wealth concentration and media ownership. As a final comment, it is noted that the evolution of nations is now at a point where the next species is starting to emerge, and based on the level of violence that accompanied the emergence of earlier species, there is a cause for concern. This is pursued further in Chap. 4.]

Published: Apr 30, 2021

Keywords: Economic integration; Public Education Indicator; Public Education Fraction; Income inequality; Wealth concentration; Media ownership

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