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The hollow state: why Lebanon became a country that cannot govern itself — and what it predicts

The buffer zone doctrine: how temporary military occupations become permanent

The colonial origins of central banking: why every central bank is still paying for a 17th-century war

How ancient Rome’s road network still shapes european trade routes

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

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

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

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

The countries that chose autocracy democratically

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

How megadroughts ended civilizations — and the ones currently underway