0:00 Oded's new book, The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality

7:58 How inequality and growth emerged over the course of human history

18:52 Breaking free of a 300,000-year-old stagnation cycle

27:24 Humanity's phase shift into modernity

33:39 Inequality and the formation of institutions

44:18 The deep links between geography and institutions

50:38 Africa, Asia, and the trials of diversity

Recorded January 21, 2023

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Oded’s new book, The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality

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