The Origin of Capitalism
- Chris Wright
- Mar 16, 2018
- 1 min read
Updated: Sep 6, 2020

In history, few topics can be more relevant to our own world than the origin of capitalism. Ellen Meiksins Wood's book on that subject (second edition published by Verso in 2002) is a brilliant commentary on and synthesis of earlier scholarship that everyone interested in capitalism should read. The next best thing, though, is to read the notes I took on it.
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