4. A Peaceful March Toward Concordianism

A peaceful march toward Concordianism will accelerate its pace if we go beyond the intellectual strictures of two “defunct economists”: Keynes and Hayek. Preeminent leaders of two schools of thought, although long gone, both still dominate and divide the economic discourse of the world. In a thorough treatment of the many interlocked questions, I have explored the issues at some considerable depth. I found solid barriers that made Keynes and Hayek unable to listen to and talk to each other. Beyond the analysis of those barriers, we shall find what ideally unifies them: the need to accept the presence of the Government and the presence of the Market as both necessary—as complementary positions. Has the time come for respective entrenched opponents to lower their barriers? Concordian economics is poised to resolve the ancient, perennial issue of what is the best form of government. The short answer is the government that governs on the basis of self-imposed (hence democratic) rules of economic justice. In this system, The Government—after much vetting—declares a set of economic rights and responsibilities to be shared by the entire nation and leaves the Market free to execute them. Ideally, the vetting will converge on the creation of the set of economic rights and responsibilities enunciated throughout the work on Concordian economics. Once these issues are settled in Sect. 4.1, we can briefly address in Sect. 4.2 what we are leaving behind: a gentle walk-away from both 1% Capitalism and Marxism. In Sect. 4.3, we take a stride toward Concordianism.