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Centralization was wrong for atomic power, the case of Britain and the US

December 7, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

The development of atomic power for the generation of electricity provides a useful illustration. In the mid-fifties major technical decisions had to be made with […]

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Are defense firms really public firms?

December 18, 2018 Eric Lofgren 0

In 1969 John Kenneth Galbraith penned a piece for the New York Times titled The Big Defense Firms Are Really Public Firms and Should be Nationalized arguing, among other things, that it was folly for defense contractors to claim that they were private corporations.

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