Why Nations Crawl, While Others Use Béquilles to Stand: Social Contracts, Moral Economies, and the Limits of Institutional Reform

• In Event: New Approaches to the Study of Institutions

Brief Overview

This study links prosperity to the social contract via the Social Contract Ratio (SCR), comparing spending on people vs. institutions (COFOG). SCR exposes moral economy patterns shaping fiscal balance, legitimacy, and sovereign debt across nations.

Author

• Jo M. Sekimonyo, Independent Scholar