re: Corporate power

ER — 5/31/2006 2:47:57 AM (archived)

I don't have any reason to doubt your figures, and they are quite astonishing, half of the economy is controlled by 0.3% of the firms. It would be interesting to see how that proportion has changed over the years. As I recall, the last time I saw a breakdown of this kind, probably when I was in college, the percentage of the economy controlled by small firms was much larger, but I don't remember the breakpoints.

At any rate, my lenses show me something totally different than yours do. You seem very comforted by the fact that small firms still control half the economy, and that there are so many of them. I am terrified by the concentration of power in so few firms. I know it's comparing apples and oranges, but it would be like a republic in which half the legislators were elected by 0.3% of the voting population.

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The Entrepreneurial Mystique - ER - 5/29/2006 6:48:42 PM
- Double plus ungood - ER - 5/31/2006 12:51:29 PM
  - See "Goodnight Moon", below. - Mary Anne - 5/31/2006 4:06:24 PM
- Wow.... - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2006 2:30:35 AM
  - Wow, indeed! - ER - 5/30/2006 3:20:28 AM
    - re: Wow, indeed! - gbaikie - 5/30/2006 9:28:49 PM
      - We are not multiple personalities. (n/t) - ER - 5/31/2006 2:51:37 AM
        
        LOL! (n/t) - Mary Anne - 5/31/2006 2:54:44 AM
      - More like a 'stunt' than a rant. (n/t) - RobVG - 5/31/2006 1:01:22 AM
    - Would this piece be a good discription of the word... - SteveS - 5/30/2006 1:57:16 PM
      - Maybe I should explain... - SteveS - 5/31/2006 2:07:10 PM
        
        re: Maybe I should explain... - ER - 5/31/2006 2:36:22 PM
        
        re: Maybe I should explain... - SteveS - 5/31/2006 5:19:55 PM
        
        re: Maybe I should explain... - ER - 5/31/2006 6:06:09 PM
    - You're convincing. - Mary Anne - 5/30/2006 1:10:35 PM
      - re: You're convincing. - ER - 5/30/2006 1:36:14 PM
        
        Goodnight Moon - Mary Anne - 5/31/2006 1:28:12 PM
        
        Help me Mary Anne Kenobi, you're my only hope - Tony - 6/1/2006 4:00:33 PM
        
        Oh, gee... - Mary Anne - 6/1/2006 5:20:39 PM
        
        Oh phew - Tony - 6/1/2006 6:30:32 PM
        
        re: Oh, gee... - ER - 6/1/2006 6:06:46 PM
        
        re: Goodnight Moon - SDG - 5/31/2006 7:38:58 PM
        
        It's my turn, this time. - ER - 5/31/2006 8:50:19 PM
        
        re: It's my turn, this time. - SDG - 5/31/2006 9:22:55 PM
        
        re: It's my turn, this time. - ER - 5/31/2006 9:57:38 PM
        
        No apologies necessary. - Tom Brosz - 6/1/2006 2:15:12 AM
        
        Thanks, Tom. (n/t) - ER - 6/1/2006 2:25:25 AM
        
        I'm not in the same place as you about imaginary positions. - Mary Anne - 5/31/2006 8:25:20 PM
        
        re: I'm not in the same place as you about imaginary positions. - ER - 5/31/2006 8:53:09 PM
        
        confusing context - Robert - 5/30/2006 3:19:47 PM
        
        It was a perfectly legitimate post. - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2006 4:19:38 PM
        
        Lost amongst the negatives. - ER - 5/30/2006 3:41:29 PM
        
        re: Lost amongst the negatives. - Robert - 5/30/2006 5:40:05 PM
        
        re: Lost amongst the negatives. - REB - 5/30/2006 4:31:35 PM
        
        Forest for the trees - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2006 4:49:36 PM
        
        re: Forest for the trees - REB - 5/30/2006 4:57:27 PM
    - That was a hell of a lot of work. - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2006 6:08:29 AM
      - re: That was a hell of a lot of work. - ER - 5/30/2006 10:57:32 AM
        
        Agreed. - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2006 4:15:36 PM
        
        re: Agreed. - ER - 5/30/2006 5:27:28 PM
        
        "Raw energy of capitalism" - Tom Brosz - 5/31/2006 1:15:51 AM
        
        re: "Raw energy of capitalism" - ER - 5/31/2006 2:27:36 AM
        
        Corporate power - Tom Brosz - 5/31/2006 1:13:25 AM
        
        re: Corporate power - ER - 5/31/2006 2:47:57 AM
        
        Don't misread the statistics - Tom Brosz - 5/31/2006 6:25:46 AM
        
        re: Corporate power - gbaikie - 5/31/2006 3:21:43 AM
        
        re: Corporate power - gbaikie - 5/31/2006 4:23:50 AM
        
        re: Corporate power - gbaikie - 5/31/2006 4:01:15 AM
    - Give him a break. - RobVG - 5/30/2006 4:11:50 AM

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