tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post823311869942309500..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Cronyism Rules OK?Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-47183417159030067672015-07-09T15:13:06.621+01:002015-07-09T15:13:06.621+01:00"The book narrows the so-called wealth secret..."The book narrows the so-called wealth secrets down to seven, but for Wilkin only two really matter: eradicate the competition and take risks with other people’s money."<br /><br />Well, yeah, but actually doing either of those is the hard part. And a lot of them did it (like Microsoft) as much by luck as hard work, intelligence or guile. If a search engine had bought Google's Backrub patent, the Google guys would be a couple of multimillionaires that you'll never have heard of. Because no search engine did, Google happened.Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-63718145695841310012015-07-07T19:02:13.821+01:002015-07-07T19:02:13.821+01:00That is a good, if cynical, summary of how it work...That is a good, if cynical, summary of how it works. Or just do leveraged land speculation.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com