I just gave a live interview about my research to Left Jab Radio. For those listeners who are interested in the background of what I was discussing, I am reposting here the list of blogs that are most relevant to the issues of elite overproduction, inequality, and political instability.
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Economic Inequality, Elite Overproduction, and the Unraveling of Cooperation
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The Double Helix of Inequality and Well-Being
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Feb 8, 2013
The on-line magazine Aeon today published an article of mine on why economic inequality tends to wax and wane in very long (‘secular’) cycles, and what consequences it has for the society.…
Blog ArchiveStructural-Demographic TheoryPolitical Instability
The Strange Disappearance of Cooperation in America
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Jun 21, 2013
Tomorrow I head for “ Sci Foo ” at the Googleplex. I proposed a discussion session there, “Are We Becoming Less Cooperative? If So, Why?” and I’d like to use today’s blog to help me formulate my ideas for this session. So here it goes.…
Blog ArchiveCooperation
The Strange Disappearance of Cooperation in America II
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Jul 6, 2013
Apart from sessions on space exploration, the other highlight of Sci Foo for me was, naturally, the discussion of the dynamics of cooperation in America (I have more to say about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and will return to it in the next…
Blog ArchiveCooperation
The Road to Disunion
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Sep 30, 2013
Several years ago I started a research project whose goal was to apply the structural-demographic theory to the American history (see Sticking My Neck Out ).…
Blog ArchivePolitical InstabilityStructural-Demographic Theory
Below the Surface: the Structural-Demographic Roots of the Current Political Crisis
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Oct 16, 2013
The latest news from Washington is that there is a compromise in the making that would allow the government to raise the debt limit. But even if an eleventh hour agreement is reached tonight, it is clear to everybody that there will be more budget battles to…
Blog ArchivePolitical InstabilityStructural-Demographic Theory
Bimodal Lawyers: How Extreme Competition Breeds Extreme Inequality
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Nov 10, 2013
One of the most important ideas that I am trying to inject into the debate about the consequences of growing inequality on American society is 'elite overproduction'.…
Blog ArchiveElites and InequalityStructural-Demographic Theory