Subsaharska points us to an incisive post on Neo's blog regarding the Franco-Anglo divide:
I think it's the fact that the English were better integrated, along with colonization, and a culture of economic neo-liberalism... This economic culture is based entirely on concepts and Anglo-Saxon ideology (English 18th and 19th century and American 20th) of the Protestant...France, like other Latin countries as part of a Catholic Christian tradition has always encouraged people to focus on poverty and humility (for easier entry into the kingdom of God), the Middle Ages until the nineteenth century, when capitalism was strongly criticized...More here
For further context see Underdevelopment is a State of Mind & Culture Matters
HT Hash!
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