Zeuthen Lectures 2012 # 4
Zeuthen Lecture with Professor Daron Acemoglu, MIT - Succes and Failure of Nations - Lecture 4 : Rent Seeking, State Collapse and Civil War
Lecture 4 : Rent Seeking, State Collapse and Civil War
(themes discussed: how fear from state power keeps many societies in an equilibrium with few public goods; how infighting among oligarchs and elites can lead to state collapse; and how civil wars and other destructive conflicts may last).
Thursday, 24 May 2012, 10:00 - 12:00: Det Store Auditorium, 2. sal, 26.2.21