Branko Milanovic — Democracy or dictatorship: which works better?

Branko Milanovic puts his finger on why hierarchical governance can be more effective and efficient than consensual governance.

Global Inequality
Democracy or dictatorship: which works better?
Branko Milanovic | Visiting Presidential Professor at City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), and formerly lead economist in the World Bank's research department and senior associate at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

See also

Consortium News
D is for a Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy

John W. Whitehead

Robert Vienneau — Conservatism According to Corey Robin

The basic principles of conservatism are 1) some are better than others and 2) conserving the past, when #1 applies. Therefore, governance needs to be hierarchical and "traditional." No "risky" new experiments. 

How this is expressed results in different varieties of conservatism historically.

Thoughts On Economics

Conservatism According to Corey Robin
Robert Vienneau