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Acknowledgments
Preface: History of the World
Crashing Down
Schelling Point
Civil War
Picking Losers
Fan's Path to Adulthood, a Year or So Earlier
What Every Girl Needs
Overhaul
Ancient Enemies
Hollywood Blockbuster
Hyper Inflated
The Business of War
All that Glitters
Unholy Alliance
Chess Pieces
Decisively Engaged
Blinding Light
Breaking the Ice
Final Jeopardy
Enter Springtime
Best Friends Forever
Author's Notes
Director’s Cut: The Deleted Economics Discussions
Ships of the Archipelagos
Cast of Characters
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Schelling Point
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers it can bribe the public with the public's money.
— generally attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville, possibly originated by Alexander Fraser Tytler
Lindsey Postrel, the...
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