http://blog.oup.com/2006/08/deliberation_an/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.oup.com/2006/08/deliberation_an/comment-page-1/#comment-107283 Carlos Trebbau Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:17:06 +0000 http://216.110.190.15/2006/08/deliberation_and_infotopia/#comment-107283 The phenomenon is captured by the old proverb about birds of a feather sticking together. For me though, I find more disturbing the de facto segregation created by unregulated market forces: the rich live in "bubbled" enclaves while the poor are constantly pushed to the periphery; and since there is racism underlying the economy and society, segregation along racial lines also occur. Nonetheless, it must be said, it's not all bad: it also results in new arguments, whatever their merit. The situation demands a conscious effort to brake down this barriers. Affirmative action cannot go at it alone and much less the illusion that an unfettered market will tend to eliminate racial practices. An institutional framework must be established that encourages interaction among these groups and wherever possible to make it a pareto type improvement i.e. a win-win situation The phenomenon is captured by the old proverb about birds of a feather sticking together. For me though, I find more disturbing the de facto segregation created by unregulated market forces: the rich live in “bubbled” enclaves while the poor are constantly pushed to the periphery; and since there is racism underlying the economy and society, segregation along racial lines also occur.
Nonetheless, it must be said, it’s not all bad: it also results in new arguments, whatever their merit.
The situation demands a conscious effort to brake down this barriers. Affirmative action cannot go at it alone and much less the illusion that an unfettered market will tend to eliminate racial practices. An institutional framework must be established that encourages interaction among these groups and wherever possible to make it a pareto type improvement i.e. a win-win situation

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