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The Middleman Economy
The author says middlemen are pivotal to how the modern economy functions. He argues that we don't just have an economy with a lot of middlemen, but one where middlemen have grown in particular ways. The structures originally rose because they provided value, but then really have tilted the ance of power and anbroad apacity in ways that are far from optimal., he writes.