Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929) advocated a left capitalism unlike any political position existing today. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorstein_Veblen#Veblen.27s_economics …
Veblen's "get money people out of the way of engineers" politics could be highly attractive to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs—but not VCs.
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As someone who built a tech company without external capital, Veblen’s outlook is natural for me; but not every company can do that.
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No one reads Veblen now. A pity; he anticipated much of evopsych, and had many insights other than "conspicuous consumption".
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