...This chapter presents a special form of the growth model by assuming that physical capital and the stock of knowledge can be summarized in one variable. This gives the so-called AK model of endogenous growth. The second-best abatement share as well as the socially optimal value for the investment...

... Economy This chapter discusses the association between knowledge-based specialization and economic growth. By considering the link between economic growth and knowledge accumulation, the chapter views knowledge itself as a form of capital. The stock of knowledge at the disposal of any society is an often...

... commitment dissent religious diversity religious individualism Lewis mosques sabbath religious stock of knowledge reputation of religion sexual abuse conversion social interaction Previous chapters have amply justified the assertion made at the book’s start: Christianity was once powerful...