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I started reading this book a little bit before heading off to Edmonton for holiday goodness. It's basically about the Malthusian trap and how England and Japan were the only two places to get out of it. Also, how incredibly chancy and dificult it was to evade the various checks of the Malthusian trap AND develop into an industrious nation and such.
But first, what the bloody hell is the Malthusian trap? Well, some ...
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