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Separation of Economic Power

•	Focuses on: •	Cultural Environmentalism; •	Public Choice Theory; and •	Social Production and the Networked Public Sphere •	Applying a small-c constitutional economics to the information environment creates competitive economic tensions between the forces of: •	The state; •	The market; •	The firm; and •	Society A.	This arrives at separation of economic power

Monopoly •	Separation of powers has been criticised that the separation of powers stimulates market competition within a monopolistic market •	history of information and cultural production has generally favoured monopolies (or at least oligopolies) because hardware/infrastructure development has resided below the social production continuum •	But the accumulation and accessibility of infrastructure reaches a critical mass. This in turn spurs the inversion of the capital structure of production •	Once an industry surpasses the social production it is likely that in a similar fashion to computer software development, social production will become a feasible and desirable mode of production

Public Theory •	Theory implies that often poor public decisions are the result of a few well-organised groups with resources and clearly defined interests competing against larger, decentralised groups which have small interests individually, but cumulatively, their interests are enormous. •	Application of public choice theory: Australian environmental context, it can be reasoned that while lots of people might be affected by a proposed wood-chipping mill in Tasmania •	environmental movement has established a variety of specialised organisations such as: •	Friends of the Earth; •	Greenpeace; •	The Wilderness Society; •	Launceston Environmental Centre; •	Tasmanian Conservation Trust; and •	Tasmanian Land Care •	Fund-that assist in sustaining a coalition of people that attend rallies and donate money even when the particular issue does not directly affect them. Through this strategy, diffuse groups have been able to overcome collective action problems as environmentally conscious citizens have been given the opportunity to outsource their concerns

Conclusion •	Separation of powers need to be broadened •	Broadening will increase social production and this will foster competitiveness and make the following more productive: •	The state; •	The market; •	The firm; and •	Society