POLA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Identity Politics, Savings Account, Secret Ballot
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Vice-president of napasei taxi management corporation (nyc) aka nana gyensare v, a. Isaac osei chief of the akwamu people (ghana) Chief of the akwamu people (ghana) aka isaac osei, vice-president of napasei taxi. Kinship ties are both rational for individual and efficient way for society to organize. Bates argues that they do not trap people. Kin identities/loyalties can be flexible & mutable. Elaborate sets of customs often accompany (or reinforce) kinship ties. Arising in agrarian economies, these ties can and have adapted to new economic & social conditions. Industrial countries are wealthier then non industrial countries. Where your self-interests provide you with a set incentive to not cooperate with others. Even if they"re wrong they still know more then you. Risk is the range (or variance) of different outcomes that can result from an investment. Savings accounts at banks pay a small amount of interest.
