economic policy they enforced was one of chaos. They
             ravaged the countrysides taking whatever they felt they
             needed or wanted without any regard as to what would be left
             over for the next time they came through. As these "roving
             bandits" progressed they realized that if they were to
             settle in one area they could easily increase their profits.
             "The gigantic increase in output that normally arises from
             the provision of a peaceful order and other public goods
             gives the stationary bandit a far larger take than he could
             obtain without providing government." (Ibid). The formation
             of governments and political institutions by "roving
             bandits" led to great economic policy changes.
             No longer playing the role of bandits these newly
             formed governments ditched their policy of taking what ever
             they could get their hands on and replaced it with a system
             of taking as much as they could without economically
             destroying their subjects. With the use of political
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