It turns out shock therapy isn't a great way to foster democratic institutions.https://twitter.com/AP_Politics/status/882267001833574400 …
Because the only place where mobsters rule are extractive economies? Hmmm. Nope. That's not true.
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No, very few extractive economies have great democratic institutions AND dem deficits in other types of counties (current US/UK
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RU mobster rise to power was closely tied to gas, metals, however
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You mean RU mobster ascendancy after the fall of USSR was tied to current extreme form of capitalism.
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The very same phenom in other post-communist states was ALSO tied to extreme capitalism, even were no oil existed.
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Meanwhile, the US inches closer and closer to mobster rule and only some of our mobster types are oil people.
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Agreed. Any econ tied to monopoly/monopsony power is fraught with this danger
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