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Saturday, March 15, 2025

An Economic Approach to Homer's Odyssey by Tyler Cowen

A three part series by Tyler Cowen.

Part 1: Modeling Homer’s World. 

Part 2: The Polities of The Odyssey.

Part 3: Polities and Economics.

Related post:

How Odysseus Started The Industrial Revolution (2024)

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