December 2012, Year IV, n. 12
Phillip Blond
Beyond State and Market: Res Publica.
Telos: Where did you draw the inspiration for the non-partisan think tank ResPublica from, and could you outline the achievements ResPublica has accomplished? Is the success of independent think tanks linked to the perception that traditional party politics has failed in addressing the problems of our time? And to what extent is the decline of political parties dangerous for the stability of liberal democracy?
Phillip Blond: ResPublica stems from the intuition that left-wing and right-wing policies both ended up with an increasing concentration of power.
Collectivism empowers State apparatchiks at the expense of democracy and the majority. Free market philosophy promises distribution of wealth and power to everybody, creating a plural world where ... more
Editorial
Over the past 20 years, the Anglo-Saxon model has been exalted by most politicians and commentators in Italy, as the living promise of a society both free and fair where the conflict between capital and labour, State and market could finally find a settlement. The Italian left and the Italian right were unanimous in the apology of the Anglo-Saxon model, though inconsistent in its concrete implementation ... more
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