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Made You Think - 71: Taking and Keeping Power: The Dictator's Handbook

71: Taking and Keeping Power: The Dictator's Handbook

02/25/22 • 119 min

Made You Think

“Democracies are not lucky. They do not attract civic-minded leaders by chance. Rather, they attract survival-oriented leaders who understand that, given their dependence on many essentials, they can only come to and stay in power if they figure out the right basket of public goods to provide.”

In this episode of Made You Think, Nat and Neil are joined by Adil Majid to discuss their key takeaways from The Dictator's Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita. The Dictator's Handbook delivers five rules for staying in power and succeeding within the political system.

In this episode of Made You Think, we cover a wide range of topics including:

  • How dictators get in power and stay in power
  • The Selectorate theory
  • Taxation and why leaders are so fond of taxes
  • FIFA, Olympics, and giving bribes for more power
  • Decentralized finance as an alternative to the current financial system

And much more. Please enjoy, and make sure to follow Nat, Neil, and Adil on Twitter and share your thoughts on the episode.

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“Democracies are not lucky. They do not attract civic-minded leaders by chance. Rather, they attract survival-oriented leaders who understand that, given their dependence on many essentials, they can only come to and stay in power if they figure out the right basket of public goods to provide.”

In this episode of Made You Think, Nat and Neil are joined by Adil Majid to discuss their key takeaways from The Dictator's Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita. The Dictator's Handbook delivers five rules for staying in power and succeeding within the political system.

In this episode of Made You Think, we cover a wide range of topics including:

  • How dictators get in power and stay in power
  • The Selectorate theory
  • Taxation and why leaders are so fond of taxes
  • FIFA, Olympics, and giving bribes for more power
  • Decentralized finance as an alternative to the current financial system

And much more. Please enjoy, and make sure to follow Nat, Neil, and Adil on Twitter and share your thoughts on the episode.

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0:34 Today we are joined by Paul Millerd, long-time MYT listener and author o...

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