ABSTRACT
The militant warrior-like impulses of traditional societies periodically find a sublimated outlet in modern societies in the form of militant ideologies and belief systems. The irony of modern prosperity is that socialism depends on capitalism. Autonomous-type societies invariably preserve significant elements of heteronomy. To the degree that economic and social prosperity is the primary criterion, the greater is the dominance of self-organizing systems. Growth derives not from directions and procedures, grants and norms, allocations and regulations, or hierarchies and rules but rather from a combination of self-organizing systems. Economies combine factors of production, primarily land, labor, and capital. The relative weight of national and international markets in a modern economy varies from country to country. Lean government or limited government does not mean ‘no government’. Governments properly provide laws and rules that underpin what is essential to a well-functioning market: honesty. A byword for the application of science to industry, and the development of technologies, is innovation.
