korrents

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A government's political legitimacy depends on providing a fair, merit-based channel for social advancement.

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government What states are for and what they are worse at than markets and networks: legitimacy, moral hazard, and who may be entrusted with power.

What Andrew Batson actually said

  1. Andrew Batson China economy researcher based in Beijing who writes…
    One possible reading of the last century or so of political history in China, therefore, is that governments who provide a meritocratic channel for social advancement have legitimacy and popular support, and governments who do not provide one, do not.

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