The Shays-Meehan Spam Finance Bill

[Dave Long]

> Right. There are too many intermediaries in the market for political
> results. By increasing the price of politics with regulation, there are
> economic rents created ...

Isn't that whole "voting" thing a
pesky intermediation?  Wouldn't it
be more efficient to just sell the
offices outright?

-Dave

(if, on the other hand, one prefers
democracy to oligarchy, it's better
to use random replacement instead
of either votes or sales)

Dead Medium: Athenian Political Technology
<http://www.deadmedia.org/notes/49/498.html>
and
<http://www.deadmedia.org/notes/38/386.html>
<http://www.deadmedia.org/notes/38/387.html>
<http://www.deadmedia.org/notes/38/388.html>
<http://www.deadmedia.org/notes/38/389.html>
<http://www.deadmedia.org/notes/39/390.html>