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Falling Behind

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Originally published July 14, 2008
Authors Francis Fukuyama
GenresConference Proceeding
Editors Francis Fukuyama
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In 1700, Latin America and British North America were roughly equal in economic terms. Yet over the next three centuries, the United States gradually pulled away from Latin America, and today the gap between the two is huge. Why did this happen? Was it culture? Geography? Economic policies? Natural resources? . . .

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