Jones is almost certainly a hereditarian and probably a race realist too, but he's a mainstream academic with a lot to lose so I understand why he doesn't address that aspect directly. I think his work is mostly good at making the case that the quality of people matters most, this being of course totally antithetical to modern western immigration policy.
The interaction between intelligence, environment, history, and culture are going to vary wildly and unpredictably...so academics will be writing about it forever....One pretty safe conclusion, however, is that the continuing decline of American and Western intelligence levels, as measured by the SAT over the last 60+ years, is responsible for many of the changes in our current culture(s)...
Interesting review. I have read the first and the third book in the series and found them enjoyable.
As per determining the Long-Run Determinants of Economic Growth and Inequality for nations and sub-national groups, how does a researcher differentiate between genetic causes and cultural causes? It seems like a particularly thorny methodological problem.
Jones is almost certainly a hereditarian and probably a race realist too, but he's a mainstream academic with a lot to lose so I understand why he doesn't address that aspect directly. I think his work is mostly good at making the case that the quality of people matters most, this being of course totally antithetical to modern western immigration policy.
The interaction between intelligence, environment, history, and culture are going to vary wildly and unpredictably...so academics will be writing about it forever....One pretty safe conclusion, however, is that the continuing decline of American and Western intelligence levels, as measured by the SAT over the last 60+ years, is responsible for many of the changes in our current culture(s)...
Interesting review. I have read the first and the third book in the series and found them enjoyable.
As per determining the Long-Run Determinants of Economic Growth and Inequality for nations and sub-national groups, how does a researcher differentiate between genetic causes and cultural causes? It seems like a particularly thorny methodological problem.