A core analytical lesson of this worldview is to distinguish between what people say and what they do — assuming what people do reflects what they want, while what they say may just be what they think you'd like to hear.

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Speaker

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

Evidence Quote

we assume in in many examples of economics and here we're talking about politics that what people do is what they want what they say is what they might think you'd like to hear

Source

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita on Democracies and Dictatorships 2/12/2007EconTalk
Created: 6/15/2026, 9:20:39 AM

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