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Index
Praise for The Gardens of Democracy
Title Page
Of Gardens and Gardeners
I. Seeds - Gardenbrain vs. Machinebrain
II. Self-Interest - True Self-Interest Is Mutual Interest
What Is Self-Interest?
A Second Enlightenment and the Radical Redefinition of Self-Interest
Simple → Complex
Atomistic → Networked
Equilibrium → Disequilibrium
Linear → Non-linear
Mechanistic → Behavioral
Efficient → Effective
Predictive → Adaptive
Independent → Interdependent
Rational calculator → Irrational approximators
Selfish → Strongly reciprocal
Win-lose → Win-win or lose-lose
Competition → Cooperation
III. Great Citizenship - Society Becomes How You Behave
The Squeeze on Citizenship
Citizen Gardeners
Creating Civic Contagions
Five Rules
The Power of One
How You Behave
IV. True Capitalism - We’re All Better Off When We’re All Better Off
Markets as Machines vs. Markets as Gardens
Inequality and Economic Crisis
Trickle-down Economics
Redistribution, Spending, and Recirculation
Middle-out Economics
We’re All Better Off When We Are All Better Off
V. Self-Government - Big What, Small How
The Limits of Limited Government: Small What, Small How
Libertarian Blindness: No What, No How
The Failure of the Left: Big What, Big How
The Government We Need: Big What, Small How
The Elements of a “Big What”
Elements of an Effective “Small How”
Reclaiming Democracy
Adapt or Die
VI. Harvest - We Reap What We Sow
Acknowledgments
READING LIST
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Copyright Page
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