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Equality & Envy

The Genius of Thomas Sowell

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How Geography Affects the Future of the World

Geography is brutally oblivious to human desires for equality. Navigable waterways are abundant in Western Europe and painfully scarce in Sub-Saharan Africa. Large beasts of burden, such as horses and oxen, were totally lacking in the entire Western Hemisphere before Columbus arrived. Soil talks about how even within families, the simple fact of birth order can cause large differences between siblings. Are you ready to have your mind blown? I know this sounds preposterous upon first hearing, but let's hear what Soil has to say about it.

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