Is there a good read on what the Kochs really want, ideologically?
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I think attributing some kind of idealistic motives to them gives them too much credit. The implications of their policy preferences are clear. Occam's Razor suggests that is what they want.
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Try Koch's book on market based management. Seems pretty close to Milton Friedman-style libertarianism to me.
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Check out Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean. I think it might be exactly what you are looking for.
Check out my brief review to see if it fits the bill: itseemstome.com/2017/11/review
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I don't know the details of their positions on particular issues, but where I see cognitive dissonance is between their skepticism of central planning by government, on-the-one-hand, and faith in central planning by private entities.
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Dark Money by Jane Meyer. Opinionated but gives good history of their involvement in politics and their ideologies
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The Market Based Management book reads as an attempt to reconcile that cognitive dissonance. It's inspiring in its theoretical ambition and integrity. It's disappointing in its lack of detail.
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Charles Koch is a James McGill Buchanan acolyte, who holds a pretty dark, anti-democratic view for how to achieve severe libertarian ends slate.com/articles/life/
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