Eric Beinhocker — New economic thinking and the potential to transform politics

A new narrative of politics could develop out of such a shift. For example, Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer, in their book the Gardens of Democracy advocate a move from mechanistic ‘machine-brain’ narratives in politics towards a ‘gardener’ mind-set, with the state playing the role of a gardener, helping create the conditions in which the private sector and civil society can flourish.

Chauncey Gardiner (Peter Sellers) was right (Being There).

The Independent (UK) | Blogs
New economic thinking and the potential to transform politics
 Eric Beinhocker | Executive Director, The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford

(h/t Carla Yengo-Kahn at Harvard Business Review)