SEEKING PROFIT SAPS
THE COLLECTIVE EFFORT THAT ALLOWS SURVIVAL,
SO PRE-CAPITALIST SOCIETIES CONTAIN IT
Historians ignore a priority
that transforms the meaning of institutions and events.
This chapter explains why containing profit
-- that is, limiting growth --
was necessary, and how it took place
THE COLLECTIVE EFFORT THAT ALLOWS SURVIVAL,
SO PRE-CAPITALIST SOCIETIES CONTAIN IT
Historians ignore a priority
that transforms the meaning of institutions and events.
This chapter explains why containing profit
-- that is, limiting growth --
was necessary, and how it took place
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- One can't bring in the harvest alone
- The origin of supernaturally-backed authority
- The grandiose destruction of wealth
- Practices whose logic escapes us
- Read accounts like detective stories
- Were (are) economic reasons recognized?
- Growth's explosive consequences
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