Suddenly everyone is in favour of building a Big Society. But as the old gag has it, we shouldn't be starting from here. Instead of dealing with established problems, we should be eradicating their causes. But a Big Society where the state stops simply mopping up after social failure needs a policy of early intervention at its heart – and this in turn can create an important new role for business and finance.
突然之間,所有人都開始支持建設大社會(Big Society)的理念了。但正如老話所說,我們不應該從這兒開始。我們不能頭痛醫頭、腳痛醫腳,而應該徹底拔除病根。但要建設大社會,讓政府不再僅僅充社會失靈后收拾爛攤子的角色,我們需要將早期干預政策置于核心地位,這進而又會為商業與金融創造一個重要的新角色。
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