Governance & Power
Machiavelli, statecraft, and monopoly — how the sovereign actually holds and loses power
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The Prince: Power as It Actually Works
Niccolò Machiavelli · Book
Regulatory Capture
George Stigler · Paper
Leviathan & the Social Contract
Thomas Hobbes · Book
The Dictator's Handbook & Selectorate Theory
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Alastair Smith · Book
Checks and Balances & the Separation of Powers
Montesquieu / The Federalists · Treatise
The Iron Law of Oligarchy
Robert Michels · Book
Soft Power vs Hard Power
Joseph Nye · Book
The Overton Window
Joseph P. Overton · Model