Why it’s dangerous to be a witch in a recession.
Slate Magazine: “Why did people murder suspected witches in Renaissance Europe? And why do they still do so today in sub-Saharan Africa? As someone whose main source of information about witch trials is Monty Python and the Holy Grail, I was fascinated to learn that witch-burning has its own grim economics.
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(Via Slate Magazine.)
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