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The Dictator's Handbook
de Mesquita Bueno
On the one hand, as forms of ownership have proliferated and IT has reduced the cost of starting a business, ownership of the means of production has been democratized. This is particularly evident in the capacity of workers to hold stock equity in publicly listed companies. Thus pluralized and democratized, the ownership and management of the means of production can no longer provide a shelter against social evils such as economic insecurity and exploitation. On the other hand, competition in the globally integrated market has increased, even for the biggest companies, which means that the owners and managers of capital are more strongly subjected to competitive pressures, with all their negative effects. As a result, __ownership of the means of production is no longer the structure that affects significantly the formation and distribution of life-chances in society.__
Capitalism on Edge
Albena Azmanova;
What’s the monetary value of human civilization? Trying to answer that question proves you are a moral and practical idiot. Well, economists make such calculations all the time, but that’s their job, and they think it makes sense. In this case, better just to throw up your hands and say civilization is effectively a fiscal infinity, a human infinity.
The Ministry for the Future
Kim Stanley Robinson
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