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The state's ability to collect taxes and control the economy, which Jiang says declines over time despite greater imperial safety.
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State capacity
The state's ability to collect taxes and control the economy, which Jiang says declines over time despite greater imperial safety.
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Jiang claims Germany pioneered worker protections that made workers willing to fight and die for the country, making Germany unusually powerful by 1900.
diagnosis
The Articles of Confederation are framed as wartime anti-tax and anti-army arrangements that cannot sustain postwar state capacity, producing Shays’ Rebellion.
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Wang Yuhua's paradox, as Jiang presents it, is that China's wealth and imperial security move in opposite directions: rich Tang emperors are vulnerable, poorer Qing emperors are stable.
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"A man of violence, a man of sternness. But he was an extremely pragmatic man. And his ambition was to have a unified Germany..."
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"So what they will do is institute the first welfare state, the first socialist state in the world. Look at this. They have health..."
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"The British are trying to impose an army on them. And because the British are trying to limit their trade. Okay? So, in order..."
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"That's a paradox that Professor Wang Yuhua is trying to answer in his book. Okay. So he, so, I mean, he is, he used..."
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"The up is when a new dynasty starts. And so at this time, the new dynasty is run by a very strong leader, like,..."
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"So that's the answer. But then this gives rise to another question, which is, how was China able to create national unity? All right?..."
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"Five emperors, at least five emperors, during the Tang Dynasty were deposed by the elite. The aristocracy got together and were through the emperor,..."
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