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Best of Cato Daily Podcast: The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World

Cato Podcast · Cato Institute

June 12, 202517m 28s

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Caleb O. Brown hosted the Cato Daily Podcast for nearly 18 years, producing well over 4000 episodes. He has gone on to head Kentucky’s Bluegrass Institute. This is one among the best episodes produced in his tenure, selected by the host and listeners.


Textiles are everywhere, and before the Industrial Revolution, even tiny advances in textile development had massive ripple effects. Virginia Postrel traces this amazing history in The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World.


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