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Myth of Corporate Efficiency

Seminar Outline:

The Myth of Corporate Efficiency

Why giant corporations are not more efficient than small businesses

  • The idea that big corporations are efficient while big government is inefficient is a glaring example of Orwellian doublethink. After all, a government is nothing more than a corporation with dominion over land; all the inefficiencies and corruptions that infect big government also infect big corporations. The the most fundamental difference is that government at least indulges in the pretense of being democratically controlled by those with whom it interacts.


  • We show that smaller businesses are far more efficient that big businesses, and would also be more profitable if our tax system was correlated to benefits received.

  • Examples

  • Family farms vs. corporate farms

  • Wal-Mart, Home Depot, etc.

  • TV, radio and cell phones

  • Internet and software

  • Promoters of the myth

  • Corporate self-promotion
  • Big unions
  • Big government
  • Capitalist ideology
  • Socialist ideology
  • Land efficiency vs. labor efficiency

  • Big business more labor-efficient
  • Small business more land-efficient
  • Taxes favor labor-efficiency
  • Producing vs. distributing

  • Big business efficient producers
  • Small business efficient distributors
  • Transportation subsidies favor big businesses
  • Producing vs. promoting

  • Media monopoly favors big advertisers
  • Loss leaders and price games
  • Manipulating desires
  • Producing vs. monopolizing

  • Right-of-way monopolies
  • Patent monopolies
  • License monopolies
  • Land monopolies
  • Money, credit and debt
  • Producing vs. politicking

  • Political lobbying
  • Supplying "expert advice"
  • Funding civic organizations
  • Noblesse oblige
  • Public-private partnerships
  • Clout vs. cooperation

  • Direction vs. cooperation
  • Vendor dependency
  • Access to big government
  • Intimidating small towns
  • Too big to be allowed to fail
  • Too big to be allowed to leave
  • Managers vs. owners

  • Top-heavy management
  • Looking good on paper
  • Corporate governments
  • Failure of democracy
  • Lack of human attributes
  • Fundamental remedies

  • End fictional personhood
  • Untax labor and exchange
  • Tax land, resources and pollution
  • End subsidies
  • Localize government
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    Our Constituents

    • Public Officials
    • Small Businesses
    • Family Farms
    • Organic Farms
    • Vegetarians
    • Labor
    • Real Estate Leaders
    • Innovative Land Speculators
    • Homeowners
    • Tenants
    • Ethnic Minorities
    • Ideological Groups

    Fundamental Principles

    • Decentralism and Freedom
    • Focusing on Local Reform
    • Government as Referee
    • Government as Public Servant
    • Earth as a Commons
    • Money as a Common Medium
    • Property Derives from Labor

    Core Issues

    • Democratic Process
    • Monopoly
    • Debt Money
    • Taxation
    • Privilege

    Derivative Issues

    • Wealth Concentration
    • Corruption
    • Bureaucracy
    • Authorities
    • Privatization
    • Centralization
    • Globalization and Trade
    • Economic Stagnation
    • Boom-Bust Cycles
    • Development Subsidies
    • Sprawl
    • Gentrification
    • Pollution and Depletion
    • Public Services
    • Transportation
    • Education
    • Health Care
    • Retirement
    • Wages
    • Zoning
    • Parks
    • Shared Services

    Blinding Misconceptions

    • Orwellian Economics
    • Corporate Efficiency
    • Democracy vs. Elections
    • Big Government Solutions
    • Founding Fathers
    • Politics of Fear
    • Politics of Least Resistance
    • Radical vs. Militant
    • Left vs. Right
    • Common vs. Collective
    • Analysis vs. Vilification
    • Influence vs. Power

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