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Why Should We Imagine Sisyphus Happy? World

Camus ends The Myth of Sisyphus with a famous claim that only makes sense if Sisyphus is read as part of a myth, not a…

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Mercantilism: China and Beyond World

A critique of mercantilist economics, arguing that export-led growth eventually turns self-defeating as domestic consumption, wages, and adaptive capacity are suppressed. The piece uses China…

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Ada Palmer’s “Inventing the Renaissance” World

Cory Doctorow praises Ada Palmer’s sweeping historiography of the Renaissance, arguing that the book shows how ideas about historical “rebirth” are created, used, and revised…

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