Seeing Like a State

Seeing Like a State

by James C. Scott

2 mentors recommend this 454 pages

Examines how (sometimes quasi-) authoritarian central planning fails to deliver the goods, be they increased resources for the state or a better life for the people.

ISBN: 9781281729132

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Rory Sutherland

Rory Sutherland

Business & Entrepreneurship

"A fabulous book."

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Balaji Srinivasan

Business & Entrepreneurship

"There’s a sense in which the term 'real name' is a misnomer. A better term is a state name — a name which makes you legible to the state."

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