Another meaning of markets in the governance context is as arenas for economic actors. Here, governance emerges as a problem because of the atomistic and anonymous nature of the market and its actors. The self-interest which is typical of economic theory generates problems since it cannot resolve problems and needs which all actors share but in which no one can see an economic incentive in resolving individually. Governance, here, refers to various mechanisms in which economic actors can cooperate to resolve common problems without distorting the basic mechanisms of the market.