jane jacob's systems of survival – a platonic dialogue
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Systems of Survival – a Platonic dialogue on the Moral Foundations
of Society
Björn Hasselgren, PhD
Lund University/Timbro
Stockholm 23 Nov 2016
The purpose
• ”Explore the morals and values that underpin viable working life”
• Basic activities of the human race to
”trading and producing…organizing and managing territories”
• Plato – The Republic
The two syndromes
Mixes of the syndromes
• Both are necessary but mixes of syndromes might lead to ”Monstrous Moral Hybrids”
- But bad and good
- Bribery, corrupt Police Dept, dishonest repair shop, organized crime/mafia, concentration camps, guardian style planning (of the economy and cities)
- Grameen Bank, public goods provided by private actors?
Sweden
A country were welfare has been provided by the Government and income is equally divided
=> high cost level – low competition – exporting corporations have moved abroad
=> unusually high level of Public sector largesse – and systems governed by Guardian Syndrome
