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Luis Fernández-Galiano   In a new epiphany of unease, a crowd chose a symbolic building as a frame for its protest. On 6 January 2021, Trump supporters stormed into the United States Capitol to try to overturn the election of Biden; and on 8 January 2023, Bolsonaro followers

Bradford DeLong   The economic history of the last century portrays a period which was more marvelous than terrible, and throws light on humanity’s path toward individual freedom and material prosperity.

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