<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Stacco Troncoso</b> <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:staccotroncoso@p2pfoundation.net">staccotroncoso@p2pfoundation.net</a>&gt;</span><br>Date: Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:03 PM<br>Subject: Re: Civil Power and the Partner State - Keynote Address, Good Economy Conference, Zagreb<br>To: Michel Bauwens &lt;<a href="mailto:michel@p2pfoundation.net">michel@p2pfoundation.net</a>&gt;<br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font color="#660000"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font color="#660000">Here it is posted in Commons Transition, </font></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(81,81,81);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">“What then, must a progressive government do with respect to the social
economy?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Merriweather,serif;color:rgb(81,81,81)"><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">First, it must move beyond traditional statism to
develop a role for government that understands how to democratize and share
power with its citizens. This means understanding that the primary role of
government in a new model is the empowerment and support of civil society for
the production of social value – the creation of goods and services that place
social needs ahead of private profit.”</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&#39;Century Gothic&#39;,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Merriweather,serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Read the full transcript
of John Restakis’ keynote address at the Good Economy Conference in Zagreb</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&#39;Century Gothic&#39;,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> <a href="http://bit.ly/1HmTqHX" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1HmTqHX</a></span></p></div></div></div>
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