The Long History of Profit And Environmental Consequences (w/ Mark Stoll)
The Climate Pod
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The History of the World and the Development of Capitalism
"Without cheap transportation, you do not have trade," he says. "The advantage of the Greeks was having basically free transportation because they're using free wind energy" The rise of the telegraph changed how colonial authorities could control vast areas and coordinate their empire by sending 10 economic orders to India. Now we can just pick up your telephone and call the guy across town to talk to. But who knows what the future will bring?
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