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Alex speaks with Mark Koyama about the historical context and economic implications of the Manila Galleon trade, focusing on how monopolistic practices increased the risk of shipwrecks and the broader lessons for contemporary economics about the unintended consequences of monopoly power.
"Shipwrecked by Rents" by Mark Koyama, Desiderio Desideri, and Fernando Arteaga
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Alex speaks with Mark Koyama about the historical context and economic implications of the Manila Galleon trade, focusing on how monopolistic practices increased the risk of shipwrecks and the broader lessons for contemporary economics about the unintended consequences of monopoly power.
"Shipwrecked by Rents" by Mark Koyama, Desiderio Desideri, and Fernando Arteaga
"The Wealth of Nations" by Adam Smith
"Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance" by Douglass C. North
"An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" by Adam Smith
"The East India Company: A History" by Philip Lawson
"Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World" by Niall Ferguson
"The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire" by William Maltby

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