IQ and the Wealth of Nations Richard Lynn, Tatu Vanhanen
Publisher: Praeger Publishers

IQ and the Wealth of Nations does for the study of human diversity and achievement among nations what The Bell Curve did for IQ and achievement in the USA.”–J. The foregoing data was taken from 2002's IQ and the Wealth of Nations by University of Ulster's Dr. I hate to bring this up but what about IQ? Caucasians have an average IQ of 100. This is in part I suspect because IQ is something they have, but it is possible that I am being snide in this. Groups within the US score different average IQ's, such as 115 for college grads or 85 for African-Americans. Richard Lynn and University of Tampere's Dr. Heh: Off to a good start there! I would suppose that it doesn't take a great level of intelligence to operate within a market system; and even to prosper within in it. There are studies and books written on the associations between higher IQ and the wealth of nations. Invoking the supreme authority of the late Stephen Jay Gould is a surefire way to persuade anybody familiar with the field of psychometrics that you know what you are talking about. For example, Many of the data points in Lynn's book IQ and the Wealth of Nations were not based on residents of the named countries. (IQ and the Wealth of Nations - Wikipedia) On 21 March 2012, we learn that, according to recent research, the average IQ is falling in Britain, Norway, Denmark and beyond.