Move UP: Why some cultures advance while others don't

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As the age old proverb goes, 'Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive. But what they hide is vital.'

Move UP uncovers what has until now been conservatively hidden, revealing the real, surprising biological, social and psychological reasons why some cultures do well and some don't.

Forget everything you thought you knew. As Rapaille and Roemer show, it's not about GDP or average income. With their pioneering R2 index, they evaluate 72 countries and offer a new way of understanding upward mobility. They demonstrate that our reptilian brain is most dominant. They make the case for letting our more basic instincts influence high-level decision-making. They promote fundamental biological differences between genders, entrepreneurship, sex and investment in the arts. The result shows how we can determine which countries evaluated are moving UP, which just aren't, and which we should be a part of.

This is not an academic text. It's not about the financial development of countries. It's about the reasons behind why Switzerland and Canada are getting it right while Pakistan and Bangladesh are getting it very wrong. It's a book for the curious, and anyone who sees the world differently.

By reading this you're already taking steps to moving UP!