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What is the average age of a corporation? I say that as someone who actually thinks a little central planning is good.

• card_zero 11mo ago
  Clarify that, please? Maybe you mean "most corporations are short-lived due to excess central planning", or then again "most corporations are full of crusty old dudes who love the tradition of central planning", or ..?
  • Tostino 11mo ago
    I may believe both of those things, but no that's not actually what I meant. I simply meant look at the stats for how long corporations actually live. Are we sure that's how we want to structure our government?
    • wredcoll 11mo ago
      Some corps live 1 year and others have been around for 150+ and they all use central planning. This seems unrelated.
      • samdoesnothing 11mo ago
        Without comparing the management styles of different corporations it's difficult to say if it's related or not. For example, it's possible that long-lived corporations are run in a more laissez-faire style compared to ones that fail.
        • komali2 11mo ago
          Interestingly, one marker for longevity is distributed ownership, aka profit share or co-op structures, or family run businesses. Co-ops specifically have much longer longevity than traditional corporations.
• Forgeties79 11mo ago
  Is that a useful metric in a vacuum like that?