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How Economics Explains the World: A Short History of Humanity

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"If you read just one book about economics, make it Andrew Leigh's clear, insightful, and remarkable (and short) work." -Claudia Goldin, recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics and Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University

A sweeping, engrossing history of how economic forces have shaped the world-all in under 200 pages

One of The Economist's Best Books of the Year

In How Economics Explains the World, Harvard-trained economist Andrew Leigh presents a new way to understand t...