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Mind of the Market author Michael Shermer on Darwin, capitalism, and the future of politics
Mind of the Market author Michael Shermer on Darwin, capitalism, and the future of politics
The author of the new book The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics talks about Darwin, free markets, his "Google theory of peace"--and why it's tough to covince conservatives about evolution and left-wingers about capitalism.
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