This is the second of a multipart series on the past and future of capitalism. Part I is here.
When all of the property in a given society is owned by a single actor – say, the king, or a state – it will be managed at the actor’s discretion. It takes little imagination to think of the various beneficial or sinister outcomes that can emerge from this arra…
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