This late version of capitalism is characterized by oligopolies in every industry. These are firms that are too large to fail. The key enabler of it all is M&A (short for Mergers and Acquisitions). M&A activity is very instrumental in baking oligopolies. We are living in an era that can…

We must kill it. — We must kill it before it kills us and the environment. If we manage to pull this one, we will grab late-stage capitalism by the balls. We will attack it where it hurts the most. This is a consumption-side solution. Most solutions on offer regarding the twin problems of capitalism…

of a company called Earth — Are we maximizing value for shareholders? Who is running this company? All 7.7 billion of us hold shares in that company. Everyone is in it. Even if you don't want, you are in it, you are a shareholder. Politicians and billionaires are the senior management of this super corporation. …

By taming the Desire Machine (aka Advertising), we won’t really need to buy all the things that we don’t really need, so super production will not be matched by super-consumption, thus successfully breaking the wasteful cycle. That's the high-level summary of this article. We cannot solve capitalism's side effects (inequality…

The charge brought up by defenders of this extreme version of capitalism is that there is no better alternative to Late-Stage Capitalism. This premature conclusion stops the conversation from progressing. It's meant to bring the matter into finality. There is a better version, in my opinion. A better alternative to…

How much money does it take to buy insurance for the whole world? Insurance is dead! Well, it's not really dead right now. But it's dying. I am speaking from the future. I am in 2040 and 2050 thereabout. …

Few people dedicate the time needed to really understand something. Most people read the headlines and then pack up the comment section with uninformed and half-informed opinions. Some encounter one side of the story and then rush to conclude who is bad and who is good. The resounding criticism of…

You can call them by any other name. You can call them special interest groups. You call them Non-Profit Organisations. You call them Non-Governmental Organisations. You can say they are entities doing a lot of good in society addressing issues that need to be addressed. …

How do you know if a system is struggling under the weight of its contradictions? You observe its internal dynamics, alongside emerging trends. Capitalism has largely abrogated its duty to train and mentor young employees. This has reinforced the already low prospects of ever climbing up the corporate ladder. Now…