Doomed To Fail: Why Government Is Incapable of Living up to Our Hopes
Human societies are complex adaptive systems, the nature of which has important ramifications for the way in which countries organize themselves politically and arrange themselves economically. In Doomed To Fail Paul Shotton explains why liberal democracy is the least-bad political framework, and why every other political system will inevitably lead to war. Likewise, capitalism, which emerged naturally from the industrial revolution, is the least bad way for a polity to organize economically. Every attempt to improve upon or replace capitalism, however well intentioned, has led to economic disaster. That democracy and capitalism are symbiotic and aligned with the best interests of humanity stems from an underlying mechanism they share with the development of life on earth itself.

Shotton then zooms-in on central banks to discuss the role they played in causing the Global Financial Crisis and, by virtue of their response to it, made the fallout much worse. As a result of their incompetence and arrogance, our political and economic elite risk the destruction of democracy and capitalism, which have been the source of all human progress since the dawn of humanity. He calls for renewed invigoration of the principles upon which America was founded if disaster for humanity is to be averted.
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Doomed To Fail: Why Government Is Incapable of Living up to Our Hopes
Human societies are complex adaptive systems, the nature of which has important ramifications for the way in which countries organize themselves politically and arrange themselves economically. In Doomed To Fail Paul Shotton explains why liberal democracy is the least-bad political framework, and why every other political system will inevitably lead to war. Likewise, capitalism, which emerged naturally from the industrial revolution, is the least bad way for a polity to organize economically. Every attempt to improve upon or replace capitalism, however well intentioned, has led to economic disaster. That democracy and capitalism are symbiotic and aligned with the best interests of humanity stems from an underlying mechanism they share with the development of life on earth itself.

Shotton then zooms-in on central banks to discuss the role they played in causing the Global Financial Crisis and, by virtue of their response to it, made the fallout much worse. As a result of their incompetence and arrogance, our political and economic elite risk the destruction of democracy and capitalism, which have been the source of all human progress since the dawn of humanity. He calls for renewed invigoration of the principles upon which America was founded if disaster for humanity is to be averted.
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Doomed To Fail: Why Government Is Incapable of Living up to Our Hopes

Doomed To Fail: Why Government Is Incapable of Living up to Our Hopes

by Paul Shotton
Doomed To Fail: Why Government Is Incapable of Living up to Our Hopes

Doomed To Fail: Why Government Is Incapable of Living up to Our Hopes

by Paul Shotton

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Human societies are complex adaptive systems, the nature of which has important ramifications for the way in which countries organize themselves politically and arrange themselves economically. In Doomed To Fail Paul Shotton explains why liberal democracy is the least-bad political framework, and why every other political system will inevitably lead to war. Likewise, capitalism, which emerged naturally from the industrial revolution, is the least bad way for a polity to organize economically. Every attempt to improve upon or replace capitalism, however well intentioned, has led to economic disaster. That democracy and capitalism are symbiotic and aligned with the best interests of humanity stems from an underlying mechanism they share with the development of life on earth itself.

Shotton then zooms-in on central banks to discuss the role they played in causing the Global Financial Crisis and, by virtue of their response to it, made the fallout much worse. As a result of their incompetence and arrogance, our political and economic elite risk the destruction of democracy and capitalism, which have been the source of all human progress since the dawn of humanity. He calls for renewed invigoration of the principles upon which America was founded if disaster for humanity is to be averted.

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BN ID: 2940185999622
Publisher: Paul Shotton
Publication date: 12/18/2023
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 591 KB

About the Author

Paul Shotton was born in the United Kingdom and educated at the University of Oxford where he became a physics PhD. Intending to embark on a career in academia he worked at the European Center for Nuclear Physics Research until deciding to switch careers to join Wall Street, subsequently enjoying 30 years of practice in trading, risk analytics and executive leadership. Today he is CEO of Tachyon Aerospace and chairman and CEO of White Diamond Risk Advisory, advising finance and technology companies, and is a frequent publisher of articles on economics, corporate governance and risk management. Since boyhood he has been a passionate gardener, observing it to be a great complement to his professional activities, and finding the peace, solitude and serenity of the outdoors to be the perfect environment for the stimulation of creative thought. He lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut with his wife Lynda and their two dogs. They have two adult children.
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