2.3. Federalism—a Home for Fleas
Federalism was originally conceived as a way of combining the independent and the collective, of being both big and small, the same but different. Americans and Germans, Australians and Canadians, Spaniards and Swiss all have federal constitutions, designed to allow independence within a union, but even these do not always see the sense in applying the same principles to their businesses. To the British, federalism is "the F word," a dirty word, one that implies a loss of control to the center. This serious misunderstanding of the principles of federalism will be a handicap in the future development of both their constitution and their economy.
This is not the place for a detailed discussion of federalism. The ...
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