The 6 Killer Apps of Prosperity

Question 1

What is the Great Divergence?

Answer 1

The Western countries growing apart from the non-industrializing countries.

Question 2

What are the six killer apps that set the West apart from the rest?

Answer 2

1. Competition
2. Scientific Revolution => experimental method
3. Property rights (private)
4. Modern Medicine
5. Consumer Society
6. Work Ethic

Question 3

What is the Great Reconvergence?

Answer 3

The end of Western predominance.

Question 4

What is the “experimental method”?

Answer 4

The use of controlled observations to test hypotheses.