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← When a functioning organisation dies, capital that cannot be sold or transferred dies with it.
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Read this korrent: When a functioning organisation dies, capital that cannot be sold or transferred dies with it.
When a functioning organisation dies, capital that cannot be sold or transferred dies with it.
Last stated 8 years ago
3 Aug 2018
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Samo Burja — holds since 2018-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it
A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources.
Last stated 8 years ago
29 Sept 2018
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Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price. — tap to centre the map on it
A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price.
Last stated a year ago
21 May 2025
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Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling — tap to centre the map on it
A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling
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Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. — tap to centre the map on it
A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price.
Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Only because control of production is divided among many independent people does nobody have complete power over us — tap to centre the map on it
Only because control of production is divided among many independent people does nobody have complete power over us
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Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, for owners and scarcely less for non-owners — tap to centre the map on it
Private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, for owners and scarcely less for non-owners
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Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The only rightful security of property is the right to enjoy and bequeath what one's own talents and industry acquired — tap to centre the map on it
The only rightful security of property is the right to enjoy and bequeath what one's own talents and industry acquired
Last stated 236 years ago
18 Dec 1790
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Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since 1790-12-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A sophisticated economy cannot be centrally planned, because planning removes the price signal that carries information about demand. — tap to centre the map on it
A sophisticated economy cannot be centrally planned, because planning removes the price signal that carries information about demand.
Last stated a year ago
2 Sept 2025
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Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Enforcing non-compete agreements on low-wage jobs is anti-competitive and artificially suppresses wages. — tap to centre the map on it
Enforcing non-compete agreements on low-wage jobs is anti-competitive and artificially suppresses wages.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
24 Sept 2026
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Barry Ritholtz — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In commodity industries, extraordinary profits from shortages are eventually competed away as supply responds to the profit incentive, and losses are similarly self-correcting through reduced supply. — tap to centre the map on it
In commodity industries, extraordinary profits from shortages are eventually competed away as supply responds to the profit incentive, and losses are similarly self-correcting through reduced supply.
Last stated a year ago
5 Sept 2025
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Sanjay Bakshi — holds since 2025-09-05 — tap for who they are
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