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SheilaT

(23,156 posts) Tue Mar 6, 2012, 11:46 PM Mar 2012

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The Dictator's Handbook.

Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics. By Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith.

Incredible. It basically says that political systems can be divided into Large Coalitions systems (like most democracies) and Small Coalition systems, like dictatorships. Benefits accrue to more people in the first situation, and to few in the second. There's a whole lot more. Everyone here should read it.

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The Dictator's Handbook. (Original Post) SheilaT Mar 2012 OP

This should be a chapter in this book Robert Czar Aug 2012 #1

Robert Czar

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1. This should be a chapter in this book

Reply to SheilaT (Original post)

Thu Aug 16, 2012, 10:29 PM

Aug 2012

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