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What an interesting question. Well, as the post mentions, we have three sectors: public (government), private (business), and social (non-profit). Does a soc
by indiejade 18y ago
What an interesting question. Well, as the post mentions, we have three sectors: public (government), private (business), and social (non-profit).
Does a society need all three to thrive? Yes. Government is the entity entrusted with creating the currency. Private business is entrusted with assigning value to that currency, creating "wealth" through competition. Efficient enterprises create wealth better than inefficient ones.
And out of it all, the social sector is . . . well, I can't quite figure out what the social sector is supposed to accomplish, but people do like causes. Most "causes," if they're able to claim fulfillment of a goal that the public sector could but doesn't, seem to revel in the fact that they're doing for society what government could/should do, all the while claiming to lack the motivations of the private/business sectors.
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- Retric 18y agoI think the non-profit sector provides a relief valve and helps keep society honest. Non-profit like Open Source Software can channel peoples desire to fix problems without fighting the rest of society. Government has a lot of power, but it is highly susceptible to outside influences and everyone wants to spend other peoples money. At the same time they don't force the customers to pay for the service which limits how corporations could get involved. PS: Consider the three types of news organizations and how they fit into our society. Or blood banks, you can't pay people for blood or you get diseased donors, you don't want to force people to donate and you don't need that much, so you just ask people to help and it works fairly well.