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Cooperation, conflict, and the environment
What happens to the environment when people work together, and when they fight?
02Changing the rules: Power and fairer bargains
Who gets to make and break the rules, and is that fair?
03Our world transformed: Institutions, inequality, and planetary limits
How have the institutions of capitalism transformed the way we live and what are the costs of this transformation?
04Innovation, incentives, and technology
How do improvements in technology happen? How do technological improvements sustain growing living standards?
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