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Bibliography: The Power of Habit

One of the things that stuck out to me in the Relentless Revolution book is how many habits had to change in order for capitalism to take hold. In retrospect, so much seems inevitable, but it actually required a lot of shifts in personal philosophies about work, and how people lived their day to day lives.

There is something powerful about groups and shared experiences. A community creates belief, and that can drive a culture.

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Caroline Moore Caroline Moore

Bibliography: Relentless Revolution

The Relentless Revolution: A history of capitalism by Joyce Appleby rests on a side table with coffee and a notebook

I’m doing a lot of research for this book. I did a fair bit of research for the first one, but a lot of it is just like… my opinion, man. Since I’m citing more sources this time, I thought I’d share some of the books I’m pulling facts from. This one is pretty dense for my needs, I’m not planning to get this in the weeds about the roots of capitalism, but I did want to have a bit of background on how we got to where we are now.

Capitalism is simply a historical development and not a discovery of universal principles or an inevitable outpouring of human nature.

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