How does the world work? What drives changes in society? There are multiple answers for this. Western orthodoxy maintains that the world moves forward in a steadily rising line – discounting a hiccup or two along the way – a line we think of as progress. Perhaps you see social change as a succession of cycles. For some people, the things we do as a society – culture, arts, conversation – fuel the future.
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Meanwhile, there are theories that take the market, the drive for personal profit and fair...