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** From Discourses on Livy, CHAPTER XVI
** From Discourses on Livy, CHAPTER XVI
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*** select expand to see quotation
=== Human agency & leadership ===
* an element of contingency, choice, represents "human agency"
** "agent" = a causal element, i.e., that makes things happen
** thus "human agency" = the choice and actions of people in historical events and outcomes
* while organizations, conditions, structures, geography, etc. largely shape historical conditions and outcomes
** human agency, or choice and actions, is how history happens
* thus "leadership" is as important as structures
** however, human agency is limited by available choice
*** i.e., leaders of an inland country, say Mongolia, will not likely choose or be able to create a maritime empire
**** instead, effective leadership did organize Mongolia into a land-based empire using existing structural elements of Mongolian geography, economy, and culture
* see [[Leadership]] entry


== Economics ==
== Economics ==