Players/BST Theoretical Foundation

Peter Turchin

Social Limit — Elite Overproduction

"Ages of Discord" (2016), "End Times" (2023). Civilizations follow ~200-300 year secular cycles driven by elite overproduction (more credentialed power-seekers than positions of power), popular immiseration, and state fiscal crisis.

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