THE GREAT DEGENERATION: HOW INSTITUTIONS DECAY AND ECONOMIES DIE. BY NIALL FERGUSON. PENGUIN, NEW YORK. 2012. ISBN: 978-1-59420-545-3. 174 PP. HARDCOVEX. $ 26.95.

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