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The Meritocracy of an Army At War
What is meritocracy? Why is it cherished and self-justifying in some contexts, and an object of ridicule in others? I have been reflecting on these questions, and I think I figured it out how to think about it.... posted 6h ago with no replies received

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In Defense of Finance
It is fashionable to attack financial capitalism. But I think some of this impulse is misplaced. On a financial capitalist vs. industrial policy axis, I lean centre-financial capitalist.... posted 2w ago with no replies received

In Defense of Financ received

in thread "The New Economic Engine":

At the risk of being anti-contrarian, I'll go with VC backed, and later publicly trading, AI & deep-tech startups, principally based out of hubs like SF, SoCal and Austin, run or controlled by founders and/or their hand-picked successors.... 2mo ago received

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Make Capitalism Great Again
Perhaps Hanania’s most noteworthy intellectual contribution was to ‘expose’ the legal basis of the proliferation of wokeness: the disparate impact doctrine. This implied a legal/administrative agenda to combat wokeness.... posted 2mo ago with 5 replies received

Make Capitalism Grea received

An interesting response, thanks. I would re-frame the exchange, there are two different kinds of capitalists: investors and operators; and this gives rise to the following 3 arrangements:... 2mo ago received

An interesting respo received

That was a tongue in cheek comparison I was making with the Hanania comparison but got lost in translation. Woke didn't come about because of civil rights, and yet disparate impact was critical to its proliferation. Ditto for managerialism, it didn't come ... 2mo ago received

That was a tongue in received