No really...it's called determinism.

granted, i haven't read the whole thing, but this new book--Amazon.com: Books: Physioeconomics: The Basis for Long-Run Economic Growth--seems to agree with the school of thought that says if you're born in the tropics that your brain physically works differently than if you're born in, say, north america. then it applies this to global economics. meaning that certain countries will work in certain ways given their global locations. another book saying that if you are a member of Race X, you will act like this...you are determined to. your personal choices don't really ever go outside of this determination based on where you were born. sigh.