ABSTRACT

In this chapter I revisit the fuzzy boundary between two models of decision making in society: in one case decisions are distributed for the most part among the many individuals regarding the structure of agriculture, energy production, media, banking, insurance, health care and pharmaceuticals, resource ownership, income and wealth in general; in the other case decision making in most matters of importance is concentrated in the hands of relatively few. Even the fundamental decision making process of voting can be controlled by very few, cf., Chapter 24.