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A Farewell to Alms, pp.1-112 - The truth of Malthus

August 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

MarginalRevolution is hosting a book forum on Gregory Clark’s “A Farewell to Alms”. Clark attempts to explain how up until recent history, economies existed in a state of Malthusian equilibrium. High downward mobility made rich children poor. The values of the rich filtered into the poor, kick starting massive economic growth and an escape from [...]

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