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Helplessness is a many-splendored thing
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Helplessness is a many-splendored thing

Posted on May, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

How legal, economic, regulatory, political and electoral helplessness contribute to the rise of autocracy Continue reading →

You Can’t Ban Recessions Just As You Can’t Ban Homelessness
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You Can’t Ban Recessions Just As You Can’t Ban Homelessness

Posted on October, 2018 by MwBp • Leave a comment

You can’t legislate the economy. Not on the individual nor on the macro level Continue reading →

“I hear your company is up for sale”
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“I hear your company is up for sale”

Posted on September, 2018 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Orbán doesn’t have a free market bone in his body, no matter what conservatives want to believe Continue reading →

Can an Authoritarian Mind Afford Futurism? 
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Can an Authoritarian Mind Afford Futurism? 

Posted on September, 2018 by MwBp • Leave a comment

The absence of hope for a better future is a cause for (political) concern Continue reading →

Nationalized v Cronyfied – Which Is Worse?
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Nationalized v Cronyfied – Which Is Worse?

Posted on August, 2017 by MwBp • 10 Comments

Is cronyfication of enterprises better or worse than outright nationalization – and for whom? Continue reading →

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