How the West Pushed back the Frontiers of Death

Tags: World History

10/28/2021 Joakim Book

Thanks to capital accumulation and other innovations in the West, life expectancy grew beyond anything previously imagined. The benefits spread from there.

Original Article: “How the West Pushed back the Frontiers of Death“

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