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Petr Špecián

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	Dedičstvo koronakrízy: Ako lepšie zvládnuť ďalšiu pandémiu by Various, Richard Ďurana, Petr Špecián (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Behavioral Political Economy and Democratic Theory (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West

by Alexander C. Karp (Goodreads Author)

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The Tyranny of Metrics

by Jerry Z. Muller

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Accelerando

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“If a single nutty or dangerous vision comes to be sufficiently widely shared, demagogues may be able to ride it to power.”
― Christopher H Achen, Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government

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“When voters got a chicken in every pot at election time, they usually liked the incumbent party’s ideology just fine, whatever it happened to be. But when incomes eroded and unemployment escalated, they became ripe for defection to anyone who promised to bring home the poultry.”
― Christopher H Achen, Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government

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