Just to continue this dialogue with Ryan on the idea of concieving
society as a force field between three poles:
the US New Deal policies could be seen as restrictive
on markets or as a tactic of preservation of them by
the state.
Those policies did both: and don't forget the threat posed to
hi Brian,
The theoretical point of looking at human
organization in terms of
those three poles
thanks for the response - and yes it is helpful. (wish
i could go to Geneva for the WSIS too)
at any rate, i do find the tri-polar model useful, but
i still question it's universal application