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Episode 308: The Pursuit of Wealth

Words & Numbers

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You Plan for the Worst

"You have no chance at all if you don't have the structure right to begin with," he says. "If angels were to govern men, neither external or internal controls on government would be necessary" The greatest simple example is from James Harrington in the Commonwealth of Oceania,. He's trying to figure out how you take imperfect or even immoral human beings and get just outcomes from their immoral behaviors and impulses.

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