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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150437.A_Farewell_to_Alms_A_Brief_Economic_History_of_the_World?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZeDpE5lkL._SL160_.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150437.A_Farewell_to_Alms_A_Brief_Economic_History_of_the_World?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13964.Gregory_Clark">Gregory Clark</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5781094?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 2 of 5 stars<br/>Interesting but presumptuous. Offers some shaky proof by exclusion, paired with compelling but incomplete positive argument. Disappointing, overall. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/31383?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>