Do you wonder why some nations progressed while others do not? Have you watched as developed nations continue to develop during war, even with bad leadership and large amounts of graft and corruption, while less developed nations are destroyed by what amounts to far less amounts of graft and corruption? There is a reason, and the explanation is simply enough to take the form of a mathematical equation. Only three elements matter. These are the level of parasitism, compared to the labor component multiplied by the level of specialization in the economy. It is these three factors that are responsible for the development of a market and the stagnation of others.
