Frederick Stirton Weaver, Narragansett, Rhode Island, is professor emeritus of economics and history at Hampshire College. He is the author of Economic Literacy: Basic Economics with an Attitude and Latin America in the World Economy: From Mercantile Colonialism to Global Capitalism.
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