Comments welcome! In particular, if you catch errors of fact, see
flaws in the analysis, or find passages unclear, I would be most
grateful if you would let me know.
Please email me at mkohn@dartmouth.edu

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1. A theory of economic progress

2. Expansion of the market (substantially revised, August 2008)

3. The reorganization of production

4. Technological progress

5. The agents of change: merchants and cities

6. Trading costs and the development of commerce

7. Financial development

8. The economics of government

9. The impact of government on the economy

10. The evolution of government in preindustrial Europe

11.What have we learned?

12. China

Appendix A. Culture