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Politics is no Match for Business: Charles Lindblom, Elon Musk and the Privileged Pos

April 13, 2022 by Hans Blokland, by Hans Blokland, Democratic Theory No Comment 10 Views

The interplay between Elon Musk and the social democratic government in Brandenburg, where Tesla recently opened a Giga factory, illustrates what Charles Lindblom termed in 1977 the privileged position of business. To makeRead More

Charles Lindblom on the Market, Elites, Inequality and our Inability to Think Clear

June 22, 2021 by Hans Blokland, by Hans Blokland, Democratic Theory, Social Criticism No Comment 11 Views

Charles Lindblom (1917 – 2017), one of the most important political scientists of the twentieth century, published in 2000 The Market System : What it is, how it works, and what to makeRead More