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Peter Turchin

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One scientist built a model for predicting political crises by watching when a society breeds too many would-be elites.
Who they are

Peter Turchin, a researcher who developed 'Structural-Demographic Theory.'

What they do

His theory tracks long historical cycles and the idea of 'elite overproduction' — too many people competing for too few top positions — as a driver of instability.

How it works

The description names his core tools: secular (long-wave) cycles, elite overproduction, and a mathematical bifurcation model, but gives no further detail.

Why it matters

His framework is a way to forecast social upheaval from measurable population and elite trends. The write-up here is thin, so this is just a short pointer to who he is.

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Structural-Demographic Theory. Elite overproduction. Secular cycles. DWM/Hopf bifurcation model.
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