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EP 182 Brad DeLong on An Economic History of the 20th Century

The Jim Rutt Show

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How to Write a Grand Narrative

The author cheekily subtitle his book as a "grand narrative" He says the idea is to poke at post modernists, but he also agrees with them that it's false. The story of Thor has been told for millennia by people who didn't pay attention and wound up getting fried in sufficient numbers. Author: Even though grand narratives are false, you can learn things from it.

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