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    Partying Like It’s 1929?

    June 4, 2026

    For fun … Partying like it’s 1929? The drift is palpable.   The stench of decline fills the air. Talk of the “end” clutters the media everywhere.   The end of what? It’s our fault of course.  It is our collective responsibility.  Our road to the edge was a deliberate choice not some unforeseen and […]

    Economics / bureaucracy, corporations, Ronald Coase, theory of the firm /

    In Praise of the Corporation? [Rough thoughts]

    June 4, 2026

    Back at the end of March I came across the following, written by Jesús Fernández-Villaverde,  online [cross-posted by Alex Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution] … “… Those who deny the problems of large bureaucratic organizations, and how deeply irresoluble those problems are, have not seen how not-for-profits work. I have never seen more acrimonious fights than […]

    Economics, Politics / democracy, oligopoly, plutocracy, technocracy /

    Demos Kratia #16 Part 2

    May 18, 2026

    I am fed up with pretending.  Let’s be honest.   So. Poking the hornet’s nest … Well it’s our fault.  We looked down, and like the cartoon character we saw that there was nothing there.  Just space.  Just emptiness where once was a firm footing. Yes.  It’s our fault.  Stop blaming someone else.  Accountability matters […]

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