Shared Principles and National Diversities

The emergence of a new production system presupposes mechanisms of coordination that go beyond the mere aggregation of independent, individual strategies, yet are not easily created by centralised public intervention. Intermediary mechanisms are more effective, since they are able to synchronise individual behaviours at play in otherwise disconnected spheres. In fact the dilemma of how to implement new principles threatens overly restrictive and antagonistic conceptions of the respective roles played by the market and the state.