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

By: Jones, Garett [author.].
Publisher: Stanford, California : Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2016]Description: xiii, 205 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780804785969 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Intelligence levels -- Economic aspects | Intelligence levels -- Political aspectsGenre/Form: Print books.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) 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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