The Economics of the Anglo Disease | 48 comments (48 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

The structures survive... (none / 1)

... but not all the strongmen and barons do. And it seems hard to predict which strongmen and barons will come out ahead. Lots of randomness in revolutions, and it's a lot easier to cut a guy's head off than it is to reattach it...

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Mon Jan 12th, 2009 at 04:12:45 PM EST
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Precisely, the structure survive, even when ... (4.00 / 2)

... there is almost 100% turnover in the incumbents in the roles and even when the role themselves have dramatically different names and supporting folkviews.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Mon Jan 12th, 2009 at 04:49:36 PM EST
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The Economics of the Anglo Disease | 48 comments (48 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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