A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate.
Bio: Brigid Schulte is the director of the Better Life Lab at New America. She was a staff writer for the Washington Post for nearly 17 years and writer of the book Overwhelmed: Work, Love & Play when No One has the Time.
