A fantastic economist-sniping article with lots of spicy invective, proletariate vs bourgeoisie fun, and undercurrents of protectionism. All economic agents (p

A fantastic economist-sniping article with lots of spicy invective, proletariate vs bourgeoisie fun, and undercurrents of protectionism. All economic agents (producers, consumers, companies, living people) all want to pay nothing and get everything. There is little new or special here. 1+1 = 2 and generally the sky is blue. That being said, yes, the way for creators to capture more of the economic pie is fairly simple if not easy: join up and negotiate en-masse. Especially in industries with powerful entrenched oligopolies like music.