Manipulating a country's culture for greater control

Dialogues économiques
JUNE 5, 2023
How can ineffective ideas be imposed? Even when the elites who promote them are not able to impose them through their vested interests? Economists Murat Iyigun, Avner Seror and Jared Rubin propose an explanation that places the influence on the culture of the society as a central element.

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