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How the world became rich

Explain It to Me

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The Weeds to Day by Don Aber and Betis Isa E

For most of human history, living standards were improving quite slowly. In a few hundred years that'll change to where the vast majority of humans have escaped extreme poverty and enjoy life spans unlike anything their ancestors dreamed could be possible. i'm excited to have professors coyama and reuben on the weeds to day to talk about that transformation and about their book. Welcome extravagans.

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