Hey @gsvigruha I started reading False Dawn. Is there more to the book's message beyond "Globalization and free trade are not a naturally occurring process and require a great deal of centralized int'l governmental support"? I ask because it's a pretty dense read...
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I just felt like the prose was way more complicated than it needed to be. It seemed like words outnumbered meaning like 100 to 1 whereas Taleb is like 10 to 1.
What would you say is Hungarys Nash equilibrium when it comes to govt? I saw that orban was reelected.
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There is (and always have been) a huge Budapest/countyside divide. Beyond that I think the myth of a good king/enlightened leader is ingrained in the society. People select an authoritarian so they have someone to rebel against later. Its not an equilibrium.
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The debate whether to belong or rather be like to east (russia these days) or west (france or germany) goes back literally a thousand years. So I'd say its usually between those two types of systems with west winning 75% of the time.
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