Gary Cox: Should-Read: Political Institutions, Economic Liberty, and the Great Divergence: “Max Weber proposed that politically autonomous cities were ‘critical to Europe’s economic rise… …because [they] allowed for the provision of secure property rights free from the ambitions of princely rulers (Stasavage 2014, p. 337). Other institutionalists have argued that parliaments were key to Europe’s … Continue reading Gary Cox: Should Read: Political Institutions, Economic Liberty, and the Great Divergence