Need: A Theory of National Governance in the Information Age
Year: 2026
Type: book
Abstract: This monograph attempts to derive, in an axiomatic-deductive manner, a theory of governance for the information age from a single axiom: that every individual needs to survive and to develop. From this axiom it unfolds five corollaries — the stacking structure of individual, family, and state; the unity of state and family; the mutual need between the people and the state; solidarity as a necessary component of survival and development; and the irreducibility of information asymmetry. From these it derives a definition of the people by social contribution, three civic statuses, a consensus boundary carried by a digital platform, a consumption-tier system for distributing development resources, a resource-usage-fee fiscal system, and arrangements for employment, education, health, eldercare, research, and law, culminating in a meta-rule of civilization. The book is a theoretical construction: it makes no empirical claim and presumes no experience of any particular country.
Author: Liu, Yong
Institution: Independent Research Association
Language: cmn
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7204275359