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In recent decades, there has been a substantial turn towards narrative and life history study. The embrace of narrative and life history work has accompanied th
Autobiography is naturally regarded as an art of retrospect, but making autobiography is equally part of the fabric of our ongoing experience. We tell the stori
From Nobel Prize–winning economist and New York Times bestselling author Robert Shiller, a groundbreaking account of how stories help drive economic events—