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Corporations and Political Corruption: The Curse of Cronyism and How to End It
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Corporations and Political Corruption: The Curse of Cronyism and How to End It

Restoring Integrity: How to Liberate Individuals and Companies from Government's Overreach

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Michael Dahlen
Nov 19, 2020
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In “The Assault on Corporations” (TOS, Fall 2020), I showed that the economic power of a corporation is fundamentally different from the political power of government. Whereas economic power is the ability to produce and trade, political power is the legal authority to use physical force against people. Government acts legitimately when it uses force to…

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