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How empires die: the economic signals that come before the fall

The economic history of spices: how flavor changed the world’s power structure

How lighthouses became the first example of a public good — and what economists got wrong

How soil types predicted the outcome of the American Civil War

The hidden cost of being poor: why poverty is more expensive...

What happens to a country’s debt when it ceases to exist

How the Black Death accidentally created the conditions for the Renaissance

The invisible market that prices human life

How lighthouses became the first example of a public good —...

How much plastic is really recycled?

The hidden architecture of tax havens: more legitimate than you think

How a handful of seed banks are the last line against...

The hidden arithmetic of immigration: what the research actually shows

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