# Managing social processes vs. managing the context of social processes

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The post argues that complex social systems are more amenable to changes in their conditions than to direct control, while still requiring regulation of harmful outcomes.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 28 November 2005

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 28 November 2005
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: complexity, public-policy, economics.

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