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    Simon Commander and Saul Estrin's views on Modern Autocracy: its Varieties and Consequences

  • Vansh Gupta

    Economics graduate from UCL.

  • Simon Commander

    Simon Commander is an economist whose most recent work is on the economics of authoritarianism. His previous book - The Connections World - was on business networks in Asia.

  • Saul Estrin

    Saul Estrin is a management economist at Lse, now working mainly on the interaction of geopolitics and economics.

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    David Lopez is completing his PhD at King’s Business School. His research examines private-sector development in Cuba, with a particular focus on how entrepreneurs navigate regulatory change and uncertainty.

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