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    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 […]

    Economics, Politics / democracy, economic theory, neoliberalism, plutocracy /

    Demos Kratia #16

    May 18, 2026

    I am tired, as you might have discovered by my absence here, of endless commentary about the threats to, or the collapse of, democracy.  It all seems so pointless.  Such commentary and the discussion that ensues feels vacuous.  It is entirely empty of real attachment to history. PART ONE Democracy died, or at least was […]

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