A state's power rests on two material foundations only: the size of its population and its wealth.

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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 John Mearsheimer actually said

John Mearsheimer 17 Nov 2023 Political scientist at the University of Chicago

The two key building blocks of power are population size and wealth. You want to have a lot of people and you want to be really wealthy.

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17 Nov 2023 · video · 3h 26m · spoken · official transcript

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