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Politics & Current Affairs — March 15, 2012

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita: Power Corrupts, Corruption Empowers

In The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita nakedly examines the (often ugly) means by which people are able to gain and keep power.

Jonathan Fowler and Elizabeth Rodd

In The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita nakedly examines the (often ugly) means by which people are able to gain and keep power.

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