http://www.todaysworkplace.org/2008/09/25/return-of-the-public/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:46:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.todaysworkplace.org/2008/09/25/return-of-the-public/comment-page-1/#comment-632 Phil Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:30:44 +0000 http://www.todaysworkplace.org/?p=890#comment-632 I feel as if I agree, but I'm not sure if your post is a statement of hope rather than analysis. Defenders of the market have gone quiet, but still believe the market will pull us through (and some will fall by the wayside - see the number of references to 'survival of the fittest' online). So to the 'why'. Why didn't the market work? (I posed a simplistic version of the question on my blog - http://pleasewalkonthegrass.blogspot.com/2008/10/you-never-know-i-studied-economics-once.html). What is it about market-focused companies (even those with social objectives) that means they can't or won't get sufficient traction to achieve common goods such as sustainability? I feel as if I agree, but I’m not sure if your post is a statement of hope rather than analysis. Defenders of the market have gone quiet, but still believe the market will pull us through (and some will fall by the wayside – see the number of references to ’survival of the fittest’ online).
So to the ‘why’. Why didn’t the market work? (I posed a simplistic version of the question on my blog – http://pleasewalkonthegrass.blogspot.com/2008/10/you-never-know-i-studied-economics-once.html).
What is it about market-focused companies (even those with social objectives) that means they can’t or won’t get sufficient traction to achieve common goods such as sustainability?

]]> http://www.todaysworkplace.org/2008/09/25/return-of-the-public/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Richard Freeman on what the credit crunch means | ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:32:34 +0000 http://www.todaysworkplace.org/?p=890#comment-469 [...] friend’ interest in the trade union movement. I’ve only just spotted this post from a few days ago from the US blog Today’s Workplace. Its conclusions will not surprise, [...] [...] friend’ interest in the trade union movement. I’ve only just spotted this post from a few days ago from the US blog Today’s Workplace. Its conclusions will not surprise, [...]

]]> http://www.todaysworkplace.org/2008/09/25/return-of-the-public/comment-page-1/#comment-342 gloria Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:02:55 +0000 http://www.todaysworkplace.org/?p=890#comment-342 I completely agree. The values of capitalism purists have been disproportionately amplified by mainstream media, and don't reflect those of everyday people. But with citizen journalism and the Internet, the values we hold as a nation will be much more diverse and open to ongoing discussion and reflection about what would be best for our society as a whole. I completely agree. The values of capitalism purists have been disproportionately amplified by mainstream media, and don’t reflect those of everyday people. But with citizen journalism and the Internet, the values we hold as a nation will be much more diverse and open to ongoing discussion and reflection about what would be best for our society as a whole.

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