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66: Peter Turchin - Why Empires Rise & Fall

The Nietzsche Podcast

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The Mathematical Model of Overpopulation

Overpopulation is a mighty force driving economic inequality, says John Turchin. As the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, the exacerbation of this difference in their absolute state is perceived as precarity by everyone,. But such revolution doesn't seem to arrive until the inequality creates tension within the elite ranks itself., he writes.

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