How Smashing The NIMBYs Created Modern Capitalism

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In 1688, England swept away the encrusted vetocracy that had held back economic growth for centuries. Could we do the same today?

Industrial modernity was invented in the English midlands around the end of the eighteenth century, kicking off an unprecedented global rise in living standards that continues to this day. But what m… [+29815 chars]