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Hive mind : how your nation's IQ matters so much more than your own / Garett Jones.

By: Publisher: Stanford, California : Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2015Description: xiii, 205 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780804785969 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153.9 23
LOC classification:
  • BF431 .J596 2015
Contents:
Introduction : the paradox of IQ -- Just a test score? -- A Da Vinci effect for nations -- James Flynn and the quest to raise global IQ -- Will the intelligent inherit the Earth? -- Smarter groups are more cooperative -- Patience and cooperation as ingredients for good politics -- Informed voters and the question of epistocracy -- The o-ring theory of teams -- The endless quest for substitutes and the economic benefits of immigration -- Poem and conclusion.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the paradox of IQ -- Just a test score? -- A Da Vinci effect for nations -- James Flynn and the quest to raise global IQ -- Will the intelligent inherit the Earth? -- Smarter groups are more cooperative -- Patience and cooperation as ingredients for good politics -- Informed voters and the question of epistocracy -- The o-ring theory of teams -- The endless quest for substitutes and the economic benefits of immigration -- Poem and conclusion.

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