Culture | The menace of mendacity
For modern autocrats, lying is more useful than killing
“Spin Dictators” examines the phoney democrat’s arsenal of deceit
Spin Dictators. By Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman. Princeton University Press; 360 pages; $29.95 and £25
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