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What Every PhD Student Should Know About Adam Smith

Widely known as the father of economics, Adam Smith lived in the eighteenth century. Smith was a polymath, and his magnum opus, The Wealth of Nations , is 250 years old this year. In this article, I suggest the nature of Smith's contribution to economics, moral philosophy, and po...

Concessions and Protest Demobilization

How and why do concessions, or promises to implement reform in the future, affect protest mobilization in autocracies? Concessions are a routine response to protest and generate a puzzling empirical regularity: Although autocrats often renege once protest abates, concessions can...