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The Roving and Stationary Bandits — and the Rest of Us

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Mancur Olson’s idea of roving and stationary bandits was meant to explain why some systems of domination endure while others collapse. Roving bandits loot violently and move on. Stationary bandits settle in, extract methodically, and maintain just enough order to keep the system productive for their own benefit. Africa today is trapped between both. But the most damaging truth […]

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