2 Posts found for Author: Joan C. Williams

The right is starry eyed about the market but coldly realistic about the limitations of government. The left is starry eyed about government but coldly realistic about the limitations of the market. As Churchill once said about democracy, it’s the worst possible system except for all the others. Both the market and the government are deeply flawed tools. But they are all we have.

Authors: Joan C. Williams, Ro Khanna | Source: Harvard Business Review (HBR) | Subject: Politics & Public Policy

We don’t need to reinvent capitalism. We just need to practice it. That means that corporations that embrace market mechanisms and decry government intervention in the good times should not change the rules when times turn tough. Privatizing profits while socializing risks isn’t capitalism: It’s rigged roulette. Equally important, practicing capitalism does not mean insisting on special treatment from government that benefits shareholders at the … [ Read more ]

Authors: Joan C. Williams, Ro Khanna | Source: Harvard Business Review (HBR) | Subjects: Business, Economics | Economy, Politics & Public Policy