Ep. 667: Timur Kuran Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Michael Covel's Trend Following
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The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification
Egypt is a very poorly governed society. It has been governed for decades, most of the 20th century by a series of corrupt dictators who also were quite repressive in the 1990s and as we entered the 21st century. Because the society was so repressive, people could not openly oppose the regime. So against this background, some people started getting organized on social media. One of the biggest challenges is to get them to coordinate and act at once. And this is what they accomplished by agreeing to show up in Tahrir Square, Cairo's largest square all at the same time.
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