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Patterns in the evolution of societies
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The Emergence of Government as Organized Violence-Cum-Robbery
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- 1 Intro
- 2 Locations of the Neolithic Revolution
- 3 Motivation
- 4 Patterns in the evolution of societies
- 5 Undisciplined versus disciplined violence
- 6 Characteristics of societies
- 7 Inequality after the Neolithic Revolution
- 8 Structure of a round of the game
- 9 Rules of engagement
- 10 Marginal return on investment in arms (for defense)
- 11 Two benchmark strategies
- 12 Paper: analyze 6 equilibria only bold are discussed
- 13 Single Tribe ST
- 14 Warring Tribe WT
- 15 Single Chiefdom SC: 5 crucial breakthroughs
- 16 Concluding remarks: 3 Tribe equilibria
