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Final Comments on the Theory of Mountains & Warm Countries
Third and last article on why warm countries are poorer.
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Tomas Pueyo
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Warm Countries’ Poverty & Mountains: Responses to Your Comments
Geographic arguments against the theory: Switzerland, Austria, Colorado, India, Cambodia, Indonesia, China…Has race had any role in warm countries…
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Tomas Pueyo
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Why Warm Countries Are Poorer
The most underrated factor
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How to Design a Great City
All the principles we’ve seen in the previous two articles shape how to make a city great.
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Tomas Pueyo
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How Do Villages Grow into Cities?
Article 2 of A Science of Cities
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Tomas Pueyo
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A Science of Cities
Cities can be treated like physics, like a deterministic science.
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Why the US South Is Poorer than the North, and Why This Is Now Changing
160 years after the end of the Civil War, the US South is more poor, sick, uneducated, mentally distressed, crime-prone, incarcerated, unemployed…
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Tomas Pueyo
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China vs US: Which Geography Is Best?
They have similar strengths, but their differences usher them in different directions in history
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Never Bet Against America
Why the US Is Overpowered
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Climate Predetermined the Outcome of the US Civil War
In the previous article, we explored how climate predestined the North and South of the United States to go to war.
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Tomas Pueyo
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Climate Caused the US Civil War
The story people know about the US Civil War is that the South had slavery and the North was free.
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Putin’s Mindset on Russia
1. Russia is a colonial empire. 2. Will China take over Siberia? 3. Why Mongolia exists. 4. Why the capital moved from Moscow to St Petersburg and back…
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