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“The reason that surges are not particularly effective, and are generally disfavored by crime researchers and others who look at this stuff for a living, is because it’s a resource-intensive way of te... 0.900

👤 Thomas Abt 📋 News Article 🏷️ Crime , Research

Simplified: Thomas Abt says surges are resource-intensive for temporarily reducing crime disfavored by crime researchers.

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2021 saw six coups, a sharp break from an average 1.2 coups per year since 2000. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Article 🏷️ Politics , Governance

Simplified: 2021 saw six coups a sharp break from an average 1.2 coups per year since 2000.

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Some 52% of people across 77 countries agreed that having a strong leader [7](link is external) unbeholden to legislatures or elections is a good thing (compared to 38% in 2009). 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Article 🏷️ Politics , Governance

Simplified: 52% of people across 77 countries agreed a strong leader unbeholden to legislatures or elections is a good thing compared to 38% in 2009.

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If the president is interested in long-term solutions, experts suggested a number of other ways the federal government could help drive down crime rates in a more lasting way, from funds for training... 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Crime , Government

Simplified: Experts suggest federal government could help drive down crime rates with funds for training recruitment other ideas.

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In Washington, local elected officials have called President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to fight street crime a power grab — just a temporary show of force unlikely to produce any durabl... 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Crime , Government

Simplified: Local officials call Trump's National Guard deployment a power grab unsustainable for durable crime reduction.

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Between 2016 and 2021, the number of countries moving towards authoritarianism was more than double [5](link is external) the number moving towards democracy. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Article 🏷️ Politics , Governance

Simplified: Between 2016 and 2021 countries moving towards authoritarianism more than doubled countries moving towards democracy.

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Satisfaction with democracy has fallen [6](link is external) in most parts of the world. 0.800

👤 The author 📋 Article 🏷️ Politics , Governance

Simplified: Satisfaction with democracy has fallen in most parts of the world.

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Threats to democracy are growing, as global freedom declines [4](link is external) for the 16th consecutive year. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Article 🏷️ Politics , Governance

Simplified: Threats to democracy are growing as global freedom declines for the 16th consecutive year.

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Local politicians, along with people who study crime for a living, say probably not. 0.700

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Crime , Politics

Simplified: Local politicians crime researchers say crime drop probably will not last.

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In the days since the president deployed hundreds of National Guard troops and federal agents to patrol city streets, crime has continued to drop in Washington. 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Crime , Washington D.C.

Simplified: Crime has continued to drop in Washington since the president deployed troops and agents.

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There is a danger that policies formed in a constant “state of exception” will erode democracy further, at a time when even longstanding democracies are under pressure. 0.700

👤 The author 📋 Article 🏷️ Politics , Governance

Simplified: Policies formed in a constant state of exception may erode democracy further.

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In a world of compounding shocks, governing in a state of emergency is becoming the new normal. 0.800

👤 The author 📋 Article 🏷️ Politics , Governance

Simplified: Governing in a state of emergency is becoming the new normal in a world of compounding shocks.

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But a more powerful civil society could also easily become a political threat to the regime. 0.800

👤 The author 📋 Research Highlights Article 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: A powerful civil society could become a political threat to the regime

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The constraints they face ultimately lead to excessive and inefficiently timed property expropriation. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Research Highlights Article 🏷️ Economics , Politics

Simplified: Constraints lead to excessive and inefficiently timed property expropriation

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The authors point out that a civil society powerful enough to push for the rule of law and the enforcement of property rights could help mitigate such inefficiencies. 0.800

👤 The author 📋 Research Highlights Article 🏷️ Politics , Law , Economics

Simplified: A powerful civil society could help mitigate inefficiencies by pushing for rule of law and property rights enforcement

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The result is an increasing concentration of private wealth and a declining share of public wealth over time—a trend consistent with recent data from Russia and China. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Research Highlights Article 🏷️ Economics , Statistics

Simplified: Increasing concentration of private wealth and declining public wealth is consistent with data from Russia and China

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The path of redistribution turns out to be highly inefficient,” Lagunoff said. “It leads to a misallocation of assets, lower growth, and inefficient consumption smoothing. 0.900

👤 Roger Lagunoff 📋 Research Highlights Article 🏷️ Economics

Simplified: Redistribution is highly inefficient leading to misallocation of assets lower growth and inefficient consumption smoothing according to Lagunoff

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But through legal adjudication, those assets are slowly privatized by the new elite. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Research Highlights Article 🏷️ Economics , Law

Simplified: Nationalized assets are slowly privatized by the new elite through legal adjudication

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When autocrats come to power, they have an incentive to nationalize assets from the incumbent elite, which history shows can be initially quite popular. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Research Highlights Article 🏷️ Politics , Economics , History

Simplified: Autocrats have an incentive to nationalize assets which can be initially popular

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While the in-group is able to use the legal process to appropriate the out-group's assets, the authors’ model predicts that the dictator will turn to public assets as a backdoor for redistribution. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Research Highlights Article 🏷️ Politics , Economics

Simplified: The authors' model predicts the dictator will turn to public assets as a backdoor for redistribution

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