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Rulers are more poweful when there is a balance between ruled and elite

6 Mar 2021

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Game theoretic account of the differences between pre-modern European and Imperial Chinese autocracy. On this account, rulers are more powerful when there is a better balance between the ruled and the elite. Little counter-intuitive.


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