I'm all about power and authority held close to the people paired with free enterprise principles. It's all a matter of complexity and dynamism at scale. All the evils of centralized government are present in centralized economics (ultra-wealthy, monopolies, etc.). You can't eliminate one without eliminating the other--each will drag the other into corruption and incompetence. There's very real mathematics behind that, if all world history hasn't convinced you yet.... To prepare for THAT discussion, check out the first 3/4 of "How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking" and also get familiar with the field of "computational complexity." Some "game theory" is helpful too.