42. Maarten Prak - Pioneers of Capitalism

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Oct 23, 2023

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Maarten Prak shows how capitalism developed from the bottom up.Today’s Book: Pioneers of Capitalism: The Netherlands 1000–1800, by Maarten Prak & Jan Luiten van Zanden

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