The Third Pillar

Why read it

• You will understand society as three pillars, the state, markets and the community, that must be kept in balance
• You will question the view that trade is the main reason for job losses, since the author argues technology matters more
• You will see through populist answers from left and right that blame someone else and push the burden of change elsewhere

Who it is for

• A voter puzzled by the rise of populist politics
• A policy reader weighing markets against government and community
• A local leader worried about a town losing jobs and hope

Contents

1. PREFACE
2. INTRODUCTION
3. THE THIRD PILLAR
4. PART I
5. HOW THE PILLARS EMERGED
6. TOLERATING AVARICE
7. THE RISE OF THE STRONG BUT LIMITED STATE
8. FREEING THE MARKET . . . THEN DEFENDING IT
9. THE COMMUNITY IN THE BALANCE
10. PART II
11. IMBALANCE
12. THE PRESSURE TO PROMISE
13. THE ICT REVOLUTION COMETH
14. THE REEMERGENCE OF POPULISM IN THE INDUSTRIAL WEST
15. THE OTHER HALF OF THE WORLD
16. PART III
17. RESTORING THE BALANCE
18. SOCIETY AND INCLUSIVE LOCALISM
19. REBALANCING THE STATE AND THE COMMUNITY
20. REINVIGORATING THE THIRD PILLAR
21. RESPONSIBLE SOVEREIGNTY
22. REFORMING MARKETS
23. EPILOGUE

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