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50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

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Introduction

Irving Fisher was probably the most famous economist in the world a century ago. He notoriously claimed that the stock market had reached a permanently high plateau. Nine days later came the crash that led to the Great Depression. As for parties, the best that can be said for Fisher was that he was a generous host.

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