Selectorate
Joseph Fouche calls Bruce Bueno de Mesquita‘s theory of the selectorate a quant theory of politics and summarizes Bueno de Mesquita’s own slide-based summary. The key notion is that the populace is...
View ArticleThe New Nostradamus
Michael Lerner and Ethan Hill have dubbed Bruce Bueno de Mesquita the new Nostradamus for predictions like these: Forecasted the second Intifada and the death of the Mideast peace process, two years...
View ArticlePolitical Survival, Catholic Theology, and Marxist Frameworks
In discussing Bruce Bueno de Mesquita’s fascinating thoughts on political survival, A. McGuinn makes this aside: I have a bit of an interest in Catholic theology, on the basis that since this is what...
View ArticleCan Game Theory Predict When Iran Will Get the Bomb?
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita has a new book coming out for a popular audience, The Predictioneer’s Game, and Clive Thompson of the New York Times visits him to ask, Can game theory predict when Iran will...
View ArticleBruce Bueno de Mesquita on the Daily Show
I haven’t watched The Daily Show in quite some time, but Bruce Bueno de Mesquita made a recent appearance to push his new book: (Hat tip à mon père.)
View ArticlePolitics is predictable
Politics is predictable, predictioneer Bruce Bueno de Mesquita says, and Copenhagen is destined to fail: Today’s emerging powerhouses like Brazil, India, and China simply won’t stand for serious curbs...
View ArticleThe economic logic of autocracy
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita explains the economic logic of autocracy: Just as we naturally consider successful those leaders who foster economic growth and prosperity for their citizens, we expect that...
View ArticleForeign Aid Keeps Autocrats in Power
External aid often promotes longevity in office for autocratic leaders who are otherwise at risk of being deposed, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita explains, because it helps them patronize their core group of...
View ArticleThe Predictioneer
New Scientist has a piece on Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, who has successfully branded himself as the predictioneer: Bueno de Mesquita’s “predictioneering” began in 1979 when he was on a Guggenheim...
View ArticleThe Dictator’s Handbook
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita has decided to popularize his ideas with a new book, The Dictator’s Handbook, co-written with Alastair Smith. Michael Moynihan reviews the “lucidly written, shrewdly argued...
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