Books & Public Writing
Books, essays, and articles by Peter Turchin.
Books, Essays, and Current Writing
Demography of Polities I
Substack
External Oct 7, 2026Peter Turchin
Do States Age?
Cliodynamica
Artificial Scientists Are Not as Good as Human Scientists
Substack
External Oct 1, 2026Peter Turchin
Especially when humans work with machines
Cliodynamica
What Came First in Human Evolution: Intelligence or Culture?
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External Sep 27, 2026Peter Turchin
Where Yual Noah Harari went wrong
Cliodynamica
Túpac Amaru II’s Rebellion according to Structural Demographic Theory
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External Sep 19, 2026Andrei Peña
Sophomore Lynnfield High School, MA, USA
Cliodynamica
More on the War over War
Substack
External Sep 12, 2026Peter Turchin
The resurgence of fortified landscapes in West Africa
Cliodynamica
Cliodynamics and AI: the mid-2026 update
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External Sep 10, 2026Peter Turchin
And a new AI-generated compendium on the state of Cliodynamics
Cliodynamica
Eight Centuries of Wages in Britain II
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External Sep 6, 2026Peter Turchin
Secular Cycles of Well-Being in the Industrial Period
Cliodynamica
Eight Centuries of Wages in Britain I
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External Aug 30, 2026Peter Turchin
Secular Cycles of Well-Being in the Pre-Industrial Period
Cliodynamica
Human Unpredictability is Overrated
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External Aug 22, 2026Peter Turchin
And History Is Not “One Damn Thing After Another”
Cliodynamica
Ages of Religion
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External Aug 17, 2026Peter Turchin
Civilizational Transformations in Human History
Cliodynamica
Why Is College So Expensive?
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External Aug 10, 2026Peter Turchin
Two hundred years of Yale tuition data tell a remarkable story
Cliodynamica
“Our Honest Truth”—“Their Lying Propaganda”
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External Aug 2, 2026Peter Turchin
Making Sense in the Polarized World
Cliodynamica