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Bestselling author Michael Shermer explains how evolution shaped the modern economy—and why people are so irrational about money  How did we make the leap from ancient hunter-gatherers to modern consumers and traders? Why do people get so emotional and irrational about bottom-line financial... read more

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Living along the Orinoco River that borders Brazil and Venezuela are the Yanomamö people, hunter-gatherers whose average annual income has been estimated at the equivalent of about $100 per person per year.

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  1. Michael Shermer (Author)
 

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