Antitrust: We Need a New Vocabulary

By: Peter Kinder | Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

“Antitrust” is a word that has long outlived its usefulness. We need a new word – or set of words – that captures society’s imperative to regulate economic and social relations with its corporate creations.

Who recalls why we’re against trusts? At least beyond a vague, queasy feeling about collusion, hidden power, price fixing and political corruption…

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The Span of Control & The Curse of Bigness

By: Peter Kinder | Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Some years ago, I whined to a friend, a management consultant, about some management problems I was having. With a look of pity for the forgetful, he raised his hand and spread his fingers as far as they would go.

“What’s that mean?”

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