An Integral Perspective on Economics for the New Age整体的角度对经济学的新时代.doc

An Integral Perspective on the Political Economy of “Big Change” by Dr Brian Hilton National Graduate School of Management Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Tel:+44-7710-019740 Email: Hilton_brian@ ABSTRACT The integral age demands a new economic vision. This has to emphasise exchange within processes not of things. It must address humanity’s unique need to learn through a process based on collaborative learning networks. These are what energise the self organising global change now accelerating the emergence of new global economic institutions and processes. This new vision this paper suggests requires a return to political economy. This has to encompasses the technical operation of the economy and its socio-political context. Keywords: Knowledge Management, Complexity, New Age, Political Economy An Integral Perspective on the Political Economy of “Big Change” The integral age demands a new economic vision. This has to emphasise exchange within processes not of things. It must address humanity’s unique need to learn through a process based on collaborative learning networks. These are what energise the self organising global change now accelerating the emergence of new global economic institutions and processes. This new vision requires a return to political economy. This encompasses the technical operation of the economy and its socio-political context. From an integral view existing economics is too reductionist. Seperated from its socio-political context it lacks the “requisite variety” to respond to its changing environment. Synthesis is needed to assit our understanding of emerging planet wide intricacy”. Central to this is co-evolution: of enterprise and its socio-political context. This is best envisaged as collaborative competition. It is this process that is liberating humanity from existing power based on capital. It is crucially linked to planetary viability. Sustainability is now all. The key constraint to energy liberating