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Big Society: threat to the state, or threat to the market?
Let’s examine the question … : can the Big Society take over functions from the Market as well as from the Government? At first blush, there are two possible answers to the question. No. The big society cannot be an alternative to business in providing services to people. Yes.The big society can provide people with a meaningful alternative to spending money in exchange for services. Really interesting intervention here by Vinay Gupta, which comes on top John Gray’s earlier prediction that the British Tories will end up strengthening the state. Vinay Gupta: “If the big society is not ever an alternative to the market, then it logically exists only in the space being relinquished by government through spending cuts and withdrawal of services. It is purely a buffering of public service cuts. On the other hand, if the big society is an alternative to the market, then we are seeing government suggest that people turn away from market capitalism and the state for provision of some of their services. (via p2p foundation)
