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Jim in Alaska's avatar

"The more layers between the president of a firm and the factory floor, the harder and more expensive it is for the president to make sure the workers are doing what he wants them to do;...."

The problem is the government believes that. The more small businesses there are the harder it is to tax, police, bribe, regulate, control, and get kickbacks from.

Hence the rules and regulations lean toward massed agriculture, too big to fail auto manufactures, basically only 3 credit cards available, few banks and monopolies such as Amazon, et al, and definitely etc.

So Boss, how do we make Anarcho-capitalism work whilst still giving to Caesar as small a pittance as possible? I know a reply to this query may be a 300 page essay,but hey, it's a serious query.

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apxhard's avatar

The gains from organizing as a firm are going to be heavily influenced by legislation and taxes. If the tax policy penalizes being self-employment, and allows bigger firms to provide compensation effectively untaxed (ie health care, other benefits), the agoric enterprises all suffer an unfair disadvantage. I haven’t noticed anybody talking about this, but it seems like a natural angle for libertarians who are also concerned about the power of big companies.

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