Self-reinforcing flagship systems cannot guarantee the ancillary systems that support them work.

Evidence

Moreover, although these self-reinforcing systems do depend on other systems to support them - that was Hirschman’s point — they do not in fact guarantee that those ancillary systems will work. They will work, of course, if pecuniary incentives are already in place. But it is part of the point of the argument that such incentives may not exist. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1562

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships