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TheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-1046 · as of 2026-10-30 · about: Ronald Wintrobe · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“Wintrobe's 1990 model contrasts a 'tinpot' dictator, who seeks only to minimise the cost of staying in power and enjoy its fruits, with a 'totalitarian' dictator, who maximises power over the population, and shows that they respond differently to economic change.”

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