TY - GEN N2 - This text explains why culture - not genes, geography, institutions, or policies - is the key to achieving mass flourishing. Culture therefore best explains the differential success of societies. Unlike anything else, culture overcomes the most fundamental obstacle to having a thriving free market democracy: rational self-interest undermining the common good. AB - This text explains why culture - not genes, geography, institutions, or policies - is the key to achieving mass flourishing. Culture therefore best explains the differential success of societies. Unlike anything else, culture overcomes the most fundamental obstacle to having a thriving free market democracy: rational self-interest undermining the common good. T1 - Why culture matters most / AU - Rose, David C. CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - HM621 ID - 851165 KW - Culture KW - Social systems KW - Cooperation. KW - Economic development. SN - 9780190918712 TI - Why culture matters most / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199330720.001.0001 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199330720.001.0001 ER -