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Table of contents :
Contents
Introduction
1.Out of Africa and into Agriculture
2.The Grand Canal, the Printing Press and the Plague
3.The Age of Sail
4.The Industrial Revolution and the Wealth of Nations
5.Trade, Travel and Technology Take Off
6.Economic Models and the Modern Factory
7.World War I and the Depression
8.World War II and Bretton Woods
9.The Glorious Thirty?
10.Markets, Markets Everywhere
11.Inflation Targeting and Inequality
12.Hot Markets and a Hotter Planet
13.The Pandemic and Beyond
14.Economics: Past, Present and Future
Acknowledgements
Notes
Image Credits
Index