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The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities
Written by Mancur Olson and Edward L. Glaeser
Narrated by William Sarris
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The updated edition of Mancur Olson's award-winning book The Rise and Decline of Nations.
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