Question

What is a significant factor in long-run economic growth that robert fogel, an economic historian, is best known for suggesting? improvements in the protection of property and enforcement of contracts through the maturation of the civil and criminal justice systems improvements in technology from the incentives created by a better patent system inward-oriented policies that protect domestic firms from foreign competition improvements in worker health from better nutrition?

Answer 1

Fogel is known for suggesting that better nutrition can be linked to improvements in workers' health. Better-fed workers can even lead to long-run economic growth, which shows the importance of a proper diet and how it can effect society at more levels than simply the physiological.