MIT Sloan Management Review Article on A Manifesto for the Middle

Our political factions are more extreme today than at any point in our lifetimes.

The left sees markets as basically unfair and in need of detailed regulation. The right sees markets as always working for the good of all and in need of no regulation. The left thinks that the poor are in need of help and that government programs that transfer income from the haves to the have-nots are the primary answer. The right believes that by giving tax breaks to the most well-off in society, wealth will trickle down to those most in need.

These divergent points of view have left us with an increasing gap between rich and poor, deadlocked governments around the world, and a slow-growth global economy. We need a change. We need a different story about what businesses and government can achieve.