Thanks for a thorough response! I agree with the pragmatic approach, and I hope the digital libraries proposal can be one of those reformist suggestions.
Perhaps redistribution would be a good term. The problem might that it's difficult to single out such a basic part of the economic structure as a "phenomenon". Real economies cannot be divided into a) markets and b) government interference in those markets. Through taxation rules and a whole lot of other laws, regulation is an integral part of all markets. There is no "market neutral" way of regulating, no "neutral distribution".
There is a current distribution though, and we can talk about how action taken by governments, corporations or others change that distribution. "Government redistribution", "Corporate redistribution"?
Thanks for a thorough response! I agree with the pragmatic approach, and I hope the digital libraries proposal can be one of those reformist suggestions.
Perhaps redistribution would be a good term. The problem might that it's difficult to single out such a basic part of the economic structure as a "phenomenon". Real economies cannot be divided into a) markets and b) government interference in those markets. Through taxation rules and a whole lot of other laws, regulation is an integral part of all markets. There is no "market neutral" way of regulating, no "neutral distribution".
There is a current distribution though, and we can talk about how action taken by governments, corporations or others change that distribution. "Government redistribution", "Corporate redistribution"?