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End Times Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration

Peter Turchin

“Peter Turchin brings science to history. Some like it and some prefer their history plain. But everyone needs to pay attention to the well-informed, convincing and terrifying analysis in this book.” —Angus Deaton, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics Peter Turchin, one of the most interesting so...

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The Ezra Klein Show

He suggested End Times, saying it explains the current era and the Trump period by looking at longterm societal cycles.

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And then End Times by Peter Turchin, which does fall a little bit on the why nations fail, but kind of gives a sense of why we are in this moment itself and what explains the Trump era based on essent...

— Episode: What the Shutdown Is Really About

Episode: What the Shutdown Is Really About

He suggested End Times, saying it explains the current era and the Trump period by looking at longterm societal cycles.

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And then End Times by Peter Turchin, which does fall a little bit on the why nations fail, but kind of gives a sense of why we are in this moment itself and what explains the Trump era based on essentially how people probably have felt stuck for a long time.

Pivot

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Pivot

It explores the factors and causes that have led to social breakdowns in societies, and it was said that the U.S. is in a state of social upheaval, but there are a few paths that could get us out of it.

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In his new book, End Times, which is a really happy title for a book, he says, we cannot understand social breakdown without a deep analysis of power structures within societies.

— Episode: Electric Vehicles, Tech Giant Land Grab...

Episode: Electric Vehicles, Tech Giant Land Grab and Co-Hos...

It explores the factors and causes that have led to social breakdowns in societies, and it was said that the U.S. is in a state of social upheaval, but there are a few paths that could get us out of it.

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In his new book, End Times, which is a really happy title for a book, he says, we cannot understand social breakdown without a deep analysis of power structures within societies.

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