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The Book Club: Peter Turchin

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The Evolution of the Law of Attraction

Mukadema's theory posits that successful and wealthy societies contain the seeds of their own destruction. Theories have some Marxian elements, but they also Max Weber and the Milder time, and even Malthus. Mukadema: There are good ideas that you need to combine and recombine in ways that are best supported by data.

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