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What are your hot takes on some of “The Great Books”, those considered part of the Western Canon. I'm not limiting it to the Enciclopedia Britannica volumes, you can talk about any of the renowned works on 19th and 20th century literature.
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It's definitely not an end all be all, but does offer a pretty compelling case, certainly in the modern era. By and large, stable and vigorous institutions are absolutely necessary for a prosperous country. Or anything really.
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I read that book shortly before discovering /r/neoliberal (back when it was good) so it will always have a place in my heart.
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Seems like a motte and bailey kind of thing. I don't think people deny the importance of institutions but (I havent read it) taking a deterministic stance on them seems to go way too far
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