Our premise here is that the free-market versus government intervention debate is a classic
divergent or wicked problem. The world is full of such problems, like freedom versus order,
justice versus mercy, or discipline versus creativity. Unlike simple convergent problems such
as those found in basic mathematics, the more one wrestles with complex questions, the
more the answers diverge. The only solution is to transcend the problem through cognitive
processes that go beyond the reductionist logic that has informed the way we have seen the
world ever since the Enlightenment. This new way of reasoning requires us to step back and
think in systems in order to understand what determines system health. It requires an inquiry
into complexity science and holistic decision-making in order to grapple effectively with the
wicked problems of the age