The Political Economy of Power
EconTalk Archives, 2006
English - August 14, 2006 12:25 - 1 hour - 20.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsCourses Education Science Social Sciences business leadership health interview entrepreneurship entrepreneur fitness finance politics news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Russ Roberts talks with Hoover Institution and NYU political scientist Bruce Bueno de Mesquita about his theory of political power--how dictators and democratically elected leaders respond to the political forces that keep them in office. This lengthy and intense conversation covers a wide range of topics including the evil political genius of Lenin, the dark side of US foreign aid, the sinister machinations of King Leopold of Belgium, the natural resource curse, the British monarchy in the 11th century, term limits and the inevitable failure of the standard methods of fighting world poverty.