1. Machiavelli's The Prince and God the King
Free-spending or Parsimonious The next attribute of a Machiavellian prince is whether the free-spending prince or the parsimonious, tightfisted prince makes for a better ruler. Machiavelli contends that while the free-spending prince makes himself popular only with the few who benefit from it, the tightfisted ruler wins the popularity of his subjects because he does not increase their taxation. ... Essentially, the only people benefiting from a prince's free-spending on monuments were the architects, engineers, and the artists whereas the common people carried the increasing financial bu...
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