Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Political Structures question...

Krugman:

Let me also say that I think a blanket guarantee without some kind of seizures will just fuel a vast — and justified — populist rage.

I just realized one of the reasons you might want a Republic that is (ever so slightly) detached from the popular will--doing things that are necessary but unpopular and/or misunderstood by the general population who can't possibly be expected to become experts in all sorts of areas of expertise.

So the question is how detached?  And who are the experts? 

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