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An excess of billionaires is destabilising politics – just as academics predicted

By Zoe Williams Oct 31, 2024, 6:00 am99 pts
Politicians have always courted the wealthy, but Elon Musk and co represent a new kind of donor, and an unprecedented danger to democracy The concept of “elite overproduction” was developed by social scientist Peter Turchin around the turn of this century to describe something specific: too many…

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