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Bogle, Founder and Former CEO, The Vanguard Group "Vital--a cogent, timely journey through the economic history of the Modern world." -- Publishers Weekly In The Birth of Plenty , William Bernstein, the bestselling author of The Four Pillars of Investing, presents his provocative, highly acclaimed theory of why Prosperity has been the engine of civilization for the last 200 years..
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