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The term plutocracy is generally used as a pejorative to describe or warn against an undesirable condition. [3] [4] Throughout history, political thinkers and philosophers have condemned plutocrats for ignoring their social responsibilities, using their power to serve their own purposes and thereby increasing poverty and nurturing class conflict and corrupting societies with greed and hedonism.
Meritocracy (merit, from Latin mereō, and -cracy, from Ancient Greek κράτος kratos 'strength, power') is the notion of a political system in which economic goods or political power are vested in individual people based on ability and talent, rather than wealth or social class. [1]
2 Executive Summary A crucial component of Mitt Romney’s Plan for a Stronger Middle Class is to dramatically increase domestic energy production and partner closely with Canada and Mexico
Georgia Power is the largest of the four electric utilities that are owned and operated by Southern Company. Georgia Power is an investor-owned, tax-paying public utility that serves more than 2.4 million customers in all but four of Georgia's 159 counties. [4] It employs approximately 9,000 workers throughout the state. The Georgia Power ...
A recent report by the Georgia Solar Energy Industry Association and Vote Solar found that Georgia Power had earned $1.87 billion in excess profits over 11 years – over and above the company’s ...
IRP revision is two years early. Georgia Power already faced criticism for filing a revised plan a little more than a year after the Public Service Commission approved the company’s current IRP ...
Myth of meritocracy is a phrase arguing that meritocracy, or achieving upward social mobility through one's own merits regardless of one's social position, is not widely attainable in capitalist societies because of inherent contradictions.
The Georgia Transmission Corporation is a nonprofit rural utility that owns 4,000 miles of transmission lines and delivers power to 38 Georgia EMCs to 4.4 million Georgians.