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A Theory of Economic History
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1 author picked A Theory of Economic History as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love this book for two reasons. It condenses a massive amount of economic history into a small book, and it shows how our unequal societies are backtracking to older models of the economy.
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