What, then, is to be done? We have to begin with the state: as the incarnation of collective interests, collective purposes, and collective goods. If we cannot learn to think the state once again, we shall not get very far. But what precisely should the state do? Minimally, it should not duplicate unnecessarily: as Keynes wrote, The important thing for Government is not to do things which individuals are doing already, and to do them a little better or a little worse; but to do those things which at present are not done at all. And we know from the bitter experience of the past century that there are some things that states should most certainly not be doing.


"What Is Living and What Is Dead in Social Democracy?" (2009)

Tony Judt Quotes

What, then, is to be done? We have to begin with the state: as the incarnation of collective interests, collective purposes, and collective goods. If ...

What, then, is to be done? We have to begin with the state: as the incarnation of collective interests, collective purposes, and collective goods. If ...

What, then, is to be done? We have to begin with the state: as the incarnation of collective interests, collective purposes, and collective goods. If ...

What, then, is to be done? We have to begin with the state: as the incarnation of collective interests, collective purposes, and collective goods. If ...