"Brokers, Voters, and Clientelism addresses major questions in distributive politics. Why is it acceptable for parties to try to win elections by promising to make certain groups of people better off, but unacceptable, and illegal, to pay people for their votes? Why do parties o…
"Brokers, Voters, and Clientelism addresses major questions in distributive politics. Why is it acceptable for parties to try to win elections by promising to make certain groups of people better off, but unacceptable, and illegal, to pay people for their votes? Why do parties o…
Brokers, Voters, and Clientelism addresses major questions in distributive politics. Why is it acceptable for parties to try to win elections by promising to make certain groups of people better off, but unacceptable, and illegal, to pay people for their votes? Why do parties of…
Brokers, Voters, and Clientelism addresses major questions in distributive politics. Why is it acceptable for parties to try to win elections by promising to make certain groups of people better off, but unacceptable, and illegal, to pay people for their votes? Why do parties of…
Showing readers how they can become more valuable players in any industry, this book puts middlemen in a whole new light, arguing that middlemen provide value by playing some combination of six roles, with each role solving a problem that, without the middleman, would inhibit mu…
Drew Rosenhaus, the most powerful agent in the NFL, infuriates team owners but manages to give clients what they want. In his own not-so-humble opinion, the NFL would fall apart without him. LaJuan Stoxstill-Diggs, an appliance flipper on Craigslist, jumps on opportunities to bu…
Shakespearean arbitrage -- Between arbitrage and speculation -- Trading on the limits of learning -- Economy of dreams -- The last dream -- From arbitrage to the gift