The Political Economy of Power

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.

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The Political Economy of Power is an episode from EconTalk Archives, 2006 by Library of Economics and Liberty.

This episode is 1:28:02 long.

This episode was published on Aug 14, 2006.

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