[OSList] Open Space Economics? Be Prepared to be Surprised!

[Michael Herman]

i don't think ost is trying to "take away structural power," bui -- not
even temporarily.  i think it's more about acknowledging the distribution
of knowledge and choice (power) that already exists.  the law of two feet
isn't something special we enact at the start of an event, it's something
we just notice and point out, for instance.

m


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On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Bui Petersen <bui.petersen at gmail.com>wrote:

>  Interesting discussion. When I have described OST, some people have been
> skeptical as it to them has has sounded to "neo-liberal" and not taking
> power balances enough into consideration. Obviously what the "structure" of
> OST is trying to do is to take away structural power temporarily. But some
> people are still skeptical about OST's potential to do this. My own take is
> that OST does not always fully succeed in this regard.
>
> Still it is very interesting theoretically. Both there is a lot of other
> (than economics) theoretical perspectives that better deal with power.
>
> Bui
>
>
>
> On 26/09/2013 5:33 PM, Michael Herman wrote:
>
> I share your concerns, Jeff, but found this piece to be mostly not about
> politics.  And where he comments on current views and policy, I was less
> bothered by what he was saying than by my tendency to agree in many cases.
> But mostly this is interesting and useful totally separate from his
> politics, I think.
>
> On Thursday, September 26, 2013, Jeff Aitken wrote:
>
>> thanks Michael!
>>
>> It's unfortunate that I have a lingering dislike for Mr. Gilder, who was
>> famous for awhile around 1981 when the Reagan administration rolled out its
>> economic agenda, and his work was considered one of its intellectual
>> pillars.
>>
>> Twas a long time ago, and no doubt the man remains a hard thinker and
>> clear writer, perhaps with more heart than I experienced back then.
>>
>> With that caveat, I'll dig into this when I have a chance. Thanks for
>> sharing.
>>
>> Jeff
>> San Francisco
>>
>>  On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Michael Herman <
>> michael at michaelherman.com> wrote:
>>
>>>    Here's a long one, friends… But maybe an important one.
>>>
>>> What follows is an excerpt from a markets newsletter I've read for maybe
>>> 10 years by a financial expert and best-selling author Named John Mauldin.
>>>  He describes and then shares an article by a guy named George Gilder, Who
>>> seems to have been writing "important" books for at least a few decades.
>>>
>>
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