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The Story of War and Peace in the Currency Markets
There is a story of war and peace in the contemporary currency markets. It has a main plot and many...
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Lecture 6: The Production of Law and Order, Natural Order, Feudalism, and Federalism
Lecture 6 of Economy, Society, and History.
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Lecture 1: The Nature of Man and the Human Condition: Language, Property, and Production
Lecture 1 of Economy, Society, and History.
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Lecture 5: The Wealth of Nations: Ideology, Religion, Biology, and Environment
Lecture 5 of Economy, Society, and History.
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Lecture 3: Money and Monetary Integration: The Growth of Cities and the Globalization of Trade
Lecture 3 of Economy, Society, and History.
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Lecture 10: Strategy, Secession, Privatization, and the Prospects of Liberty
The final lecture of Economy, Society, and History.
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Is a Recession Simply a Decline in GDP? What Does That Mean?
The "official" definition of a recession is a two-consecutive-quarter decline in GDP, but there are problems with GDP measurement in the...
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Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries: Still a Work in Progress
Entrepreneurship is the key to real development, but cultural attitudes are often a significant barrier to entrepreneurship in the developing...
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A Tale of Two Liberties
In colonial America, "liberty" came to mean rights one possessed outside of government approval. In revolutionary France (and in modern...
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