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Maghribi traders
Derived node: assembled mechanically from the claims carrying maghribi-traders. A roster, not an adjudicated definition.
Every claim under this term
- 3782193-030 : The strong trust that sustained Maghribi trade, in which embezzlement was rare despite extreme information asymmetry, cannot be explained by a strong centralized government, since the Maghribis could
- 3782201-009 : Keeping a decentralized organization aligned in pursuit of its goals requires providing something more valuable than money, namely reputation, following the Maghribi traders' example.
- 3782210-040 : The Maghribi traders show that reputation alone can sustain a decentralized network under extreme information asymmetry: using only handwritten letters, Jewish merchants built a reputational system sp