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nickik · 2018-09-07 · Original thread
The "wild west" was really not as wild as people think.

A nice book that explores a little how problems were actually solved in the wild west is:

> The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier

> https://www.amazon.com/Not-So-Wild-West-Economics/dp/0804748...

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