Centralization During Times of Crisis

Centralization During Times of Crisis
Crowd of depositors gather in the rain outside Bank of United States after its failure during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons
Gary L. Gregg
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Commentary

National emergencies have led to concentrations of power at the center and loss of influence and control on the periphery. The center is where the elite with money and power live, but most of us live on the periphery.

Gary L. Gregg
Gary L. Gregg
Author
Gary L. Gregg is director of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville and editor of “Securing Democracy—Why We have an Electoral College.”
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