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How soil types predicted the outcome of the American Civil War

How Switzerland stays neutral — the actual legal and military architecture behind it

How megadroughts ended civilizations — and the ones currently underway

Why bridges get more political the longer they are

The economic history of the English language: how a dialect became...

The countries that have never had a revolution — and what...

The geography of debt: why certain nations borrow in currencies they...

The countries that chose autocracy democratically

How colonialism created the conditions for today’s global obesity epidemic

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

The economics of organized crime: why prohibition creates the industries it...

Why some democracies fail in ten years while others last centuries

How a single Dutch auction decision in 1602 shaped every stock...

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