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James Buchanan: The ideologue behind the top 1% takeover of the US


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2018 May 31, 11:28am   1,890 views  3 comments

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And he was bankrolled by the Koch Brothers, too. No surprise there.

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2018/05/meet-economist-behind-one-percents-stealth-takeover-america.html

Ask people to name the key minds that have shaped America’s burst of radical right-wing attacks on working conditions, consumer rights and public services, and they will typically mention figures like free market-champion Milton Friedman, libertarian guru Ayn Rand, and laissez-faire economists Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises.

James McGill Buchanan is a name you will rarely hear unless you’ve taken several classes in economics. And if the Tennessee-born Nobel laureate were alive today, it would suit him just fine that most well-informed journalists, liberal politicians, and even many economics students have little understanding of his work.

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1   justme   2018 May 31, 11:33am  

QUOTE: Could these right-wing capitalists allow private companies to fill prisons with helpless citizens—or, more profitable still, right-less undocumented immigrants? They could, and have. Might they engineer a retirement crisis by moving Americans to inadequate 401(k)s? Done. Take away the rights of consumers and workers to bring grievances to court by making them sign forced arbitration agreements? Check. Gut public education to the point where ordinary people have such bleak prospects that they have no energy to fight back? Getting it done.
2   marcus   2018 May 31, 12:22pm  

Whoa.
3   MisdemeanorRebel   2018 May 31, 12:38pm  

Public choice theory? Shit can't remember his theory name when public Admins exhibit empire building

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