The Collapse of Complex Business Models
Mancur Olson made a similar point in his 1984 book <i>The Rise and Decline of Nations</i>.  His argument is that as time goes on, special interests and entrenched bureaucracies take what was a simpler system and load it up with exceptions and complexity.  The more complex they become, the less capable of collective action they become, leading to overall paralysis.<p>This is an extension of his argument from his Nobel Prize–winning 1971 book <i>The Logic of Collective Action</i>.