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>democracy incentivizes clientelism and tribalism Cite your peer reviewed sources.

• Saline9515 4mo ago
  This is a good intro by recognized researchers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dictator%27s_Handbook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dictator%27s_Handbook If you want me to be more precise, I would say that clientelism and tribalism are especially rewarded for politicians in a multi-ethnic society. Also a good definition: https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/clientelism/E23ABE885BA3D5DF0D3ABD1260D492D0 https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/clientelism/E23ABE88...
  • zimpenfish 4mo ago
    "Michael C. Moynihan reviewing the book for The Wall Street Journal stated that the writing style is similar to that of Freakonomics." Ouch. If someone said that about a book I'd written, I would simply move to a forest and never write a single word again. Quite the damning review.
    • Saline9515 4mo ago
      I told you that it was an intro. Here is the more serious book, by the same authors: https://direct.mit.edu/books/monograph/2425/The-Logic-of-Political-Survival https://direct.mit.edu/books/monograph/2425/The-Logic-of-Pol... And there is nothing wrong with vulgarization, aside from comments from pedantic HNers.
      • zimpenfish 4mo ago
        > And there is nothing wrong with vulgarization My comment wasn't about vulgarisation - it was about Freakonomics' loose approach to rigour and consequent debunking of, IIRC, most of the book. A quick search for "Bruce Bueno de Mesquita" throws up similar debunkings[0] and yeah, I'll not be reading his books after seeing how grandiose his claims are compared with the actuality of what happened. [0] Including one which recommends Dan Ariely - somewhat awkward nowadays.