287 | Jean-Paul Faguet on Institutions and the Legacy of History

2938.083 - 2961.976 Jean-Paul Faguet

And then these places, the state sort of grows in capacity. And I guess the simple baseline comparison is that where there was not encomienda, there's no incentive for anyone to set up the colonial state. There have been indigenous institutions throughout Latin America, but especially in places like Colombia, they're just demolished because you have population declines in excess of 95%.