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...quantity is not necessarily synonymous with quality and brilliant ideas are not a function of the number of titles printed.

Carlo M. Cipolla

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Carlo M. Cipolla
Age: 78 †
Born: 1922
Born: August 15
Died: 2000
Died: September 5
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Economic Historian
Economist
Non-Fiction Writer
University Teacher
Carlo Maria Cipolla
Carlo Cipolla
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