Swimming in a tuxedo: a systems theory approach to understanding politics
This chapter seeks to explain the broad dissatisfaction among the general population of observed political outcomes. To illustrate this, this chapter discusses the growth of the federal tax code over the last century. Despite there being near universal public support for a tax code that is shorter,...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Emergence, entanglement, and political economy |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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2021
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | This chapter seeks to explain the broad dissatisfaction among the general population of observed political outcomes. To illustrate this, this chapter discusses the growth of the federal tax code over the last century. Despite there being near universal public support for a tax code that is shorter, simpler, and contains fewer loopholes, the precise opposite is provided each year. To explain the disconnect between desires and outcomes, this chapter puts forth a systems theory of politics. Where markets can be thought of as a system driven by competition, politics is best thought of as a system driven by precedent. |
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| ISBN: | 9783030560874 9783030560904 |