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  • Actually what we're seeing is the move from our Limited Democracy to Unelected Technocrats aka Bankers taking control of nations without a whimper from any leader or public disquiet.

    The Guardian World News Mehdi Hasan 2011

  • Of course, as usual, the "Technocrats" were overruled by our elected "Rulers" who do not believe in the old proverb

    Home 2009

  • Of course, as usual, the "Technocrats" were overruled by our elected "Rulers" who do not believe in the old proverb

    Home 2009

  • Of course, as usual, the "Technocrats" were overruled by our elected "Rulers" who do not believe in the old proverb

    Home 2009

  • Technocracy envisioned a no-growth society and the elimination of the price system, to be replaced by the wise administration of the Technocrats.

    There Will Be Oil Daniel Yergin 2011

  • Technocrats like economist Alice Rivlin are pretending that decisions about spending priorities are "technical problems" rather that political choices, as if the political process itself were some sort of virus that had infected their spreadsheet programs.

    Richard (RJ) Eskow: Annoying Alan Simpson: The 310,000,001st Reason to Vote RJ 2010

  • Technocrats have granted themselves powers that should only be exercised by democratically answerable officials.

    Did Ireland Need a Bailout? Dick Roche 2011

  • Technocrats want to believe, and perhaps honestly believe themselves, that care guidelines in the new Federal health care system will be science-based.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Expect A LOT More of This With The New Federal Health Care Rules 2009

  • Technocrats and policy wonks, particularly those of moderate views and modest expectations, will applaud.

    The Results Party? What results? 2010

  • Technocrats and policy wonks, particularly those of moderate views and modest expectations, will applaud.

    Lance Mannion: 2010

  • Technocrats believed that scientists and engineers should rule.

    How Elon Musk Went from Superhero to Supervillain | The New Yorker Condé Nast 2023

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