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It Lost Its Spark
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For King & Capitalism
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Two Economists Go to War
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Be Thankful I Don’t Take It All
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When Cash Became Kin
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The £569 Pineapple
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From the Mayflower to Microsoft
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In Mammon We Trust
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Into the Fire?
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Knowledge is Power
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The Buck Starts Here
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The Moral Scientist
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Murkywater
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The Long View
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Under Western Eyes
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A Nation of Shoppers
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Follow the Money
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The Gekko’s Lair
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