Comments on: Regulation and Incumbents http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/07/regulation-and.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: glenn http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/07/regulation-and.html/comment-page-1#comment-12416 glenn Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:41:37 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/07/regulation-and.html#comment-12416 <p>Interesting. Rereading Atlas Shrugged and was mildly astonished to find that most of the villains were, wait for it... businessmen.</p> Interesting. Rereading Atlas Shrugged and was mildly astonished to find that most of the villains were, wait for it… businessmen.

]]> By: glenn http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/07/regulation-and.html/comment-page-1#comment-12415 glenn Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:41:24 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/07/regulation-and.html#comment-12415 <p>Interesting. Rereading Atlas Shrugged and was mildly astonished to find that most of the villains were, wait for it... businessmen.</p> Interesting. Rereading Atlas Shrugged and was mildly astonished to find that most of the villains were, wait for it… businessmen.

]]> By: glenn http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/07/regulation-and.html/comment-page-1#comment-12414 glenn Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:40:30 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/07/regulation-and.html#comment-12414 <p>Interesting. Rereading Atlas Shrugged and was mildly astonished to find that most of the villains were, wait for it... businessmen.</p> Interesting. Rereading Atlas Shrugged and was mildly astonished to find that most of the villains were, wait for it… businessmen.

]]> By: K http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/07/regulation-and.html/comment-page-1#comment-12413 K Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:22:44 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/07/regulation-and.html#comment-12413 <p>The study may be superb but the tendency of dominant business to support government regulation has been well known since the 19th century. And probably far earlier.</p> <p>The dominant see no reason to compete and every reason to discourage competition. If possible they persuade government to hamper the growth of rivals. </p> <p>The behavior of a dominant group is not always so neatly summarized. Traditions, education, ego, testosterone, and nature drive men the other way. Look at Europe before WWI. No leader there had anything to gain from the ultimate competition, war. </p> The study may be superb but the tendency of dominant business to support government regulation has been well known since the 19th century. And probably far earlier.

The dominant see no reason to compete and every reason to discourage competition. If possible they persuade government to hamper the growth of rivals.

The behavior of a dominant group is not always so neatly summarized. Traditions, education, ego, testosterone, and nature drive men the other way. Look at Europe before WWI. No leader there had anything to gain from the ultimate competition, war.

]]> By: K http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/07/regulation-and.html/comment-page-1#comment-12412 K Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:21:37 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/07/regulation-and.html#comment-12412 <p>The study may be superb but the tendency of dominant business to support government regulation has been well known since the 19th century. And probably far earlier.</p> <p>The dominant see no reason to compete and every reason to discourage competition. If possible they persuade government to hamper the growth of rivals. </p> <p>The behavior of a dominant group is not always so neatly summarized. Traditions, education, ego, testosterone, and nature drive men the other way. Look at Europe before WWI. No leader there had anything to gain from the ultimate competition, war. </p> The study may be superb but the tendency of dominant business to support government regulation has been well known since the 19th century. And probably far earlier.

The dominant see no reason to compete and every reason to discourage competition. If possible they persuade government to hamper the growth of rivals.

The behavior of a dominant group is not always so neatly summarized. Traditions, education, ego, testosterone, and nature drive men the other way. Look at Europe before WWI. No leader there had anything to gain from the ultimate competition, war.

]]> By: Ian Random http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/07/regulation-and.html/comment-page-1#comment-12411 Ian Random Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:19:25 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/07/regulation-and.html#comment-12411 <p>Perfectly said, but no matter how well put no liberal will believe it. I have been trying to find some numbers to support that. I suspect that higher capitalization is required in socialized states like Oregon, Washington and California and that contributes to a higher cost of living and less competition. The only association that even comes close is that too many millionaires make you liberal:</p> <p>http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_millionaires_household.htm</p> Perfectly said, but no matter how well put no liberal will believe it. I have been trying to find some numbers to support that. I suspect that higher capitalization is required in socialized states like Oregon, Washington and California and that contributes to a higher cost of living and less competition. The only association that even comes close is that too many millionaires make you liberal:

http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_millionaires_household.htm

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