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Over the 20th century, the entire world became more gender equal. Or so I thought. But Pakistan has rocked my priors. Female employment has slightly risen. Meanwhile, young Pakistani women are more sexist than their grandmothers. What is going on?

Charts and graphs are on my Substack: https://www.ggd.world/p/is-pakistan-becoming-more-patriarchal

Is Pakistan becoming more Patriarchal?

Saumitra Jha (Associate Professor of Political Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business) joins me to discuss what prevents Hindu-Muslim conflict.

We discuss his paper on "Trade, Institutions, and Ethnic Tolerance: Evidence from South Asia" https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/trade-institutions-and-ethnic-tolerance-evidence-from-south-asia/534E0018C1431E7A7615B4FAD26DEB3E

What prevents Hindu-Muslim conflict? Saumitra Jha

Who are the world's most influential philosophers?

What led to the demise of foot-binding?

Professor Daron Acemoglu discusses his new book, arguing that liberty and prosperity require strong states and strong societies. 

Alice asks where do strong societies come from? What explains the global heterogeneity in social capital, as well as labour coercion? Can his theory accommodate East Asia? And whether the state-society binary is really the best way to understand threats to liberty today?

Professor Acemoglu is incredibly impressive. I do hope you enjoy this episode.

Buy the book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555400/the-narrow-corridor-by-daron-acemoglu-and-james-a-robinson/
Read more about Professor Acemoglu's work: https://economics.mit.edu/faculty/acemoglu

"The Narrow Corridor": Professor Daron Acemoglu

Dr Alice Evans and leading experts discuss growth, governance, & gender inequalities.

Alice is a Senior Lecturer at King's College London, and Faculty Associate at the Harvard Kennedy School.

"The Narrow Corridor": Professor Daron Acemoglu

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