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	Podcast:		EconTalk Archives, 2008
	Episode:		Brook on Vermeer's Hat and the Dawn of Global Trade
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		01:01:02
	Publish Date:		2008-02-19 15:00:00
	Description:		Timothy Brook, professor of history at the University of British Columbia and author of Vermeer's Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the expansion of global trade between Europe and the rest of the world, and in particular, North American and China. He discusses the differences and similarities between Chinese and Western attitudes toward trade and exploration and the implications for innovation and knowledge.
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