Incrementalism

Zac Lewy, who moved to the Island with his family two years ago, said Jersey needed to avoid ‘incrementalism’.

And it is also fair to say that some officials have found the need for action and real change to be threatening to the COP status quo – for some it is hard to give up on incrementalism even when it is demonstrably failing.

From the right, this incrementalism is cast as flagrant incompetence; from the left, as evidence that the party remains committed to the logic of the neoliberal era.

Asked why, pat came the reply: “Incrementalism is passe”.

Incrementalism will enable authorities to monitor the impact of cash injection in the economy as they keep an eye on money supply levels.

Many of our citizens and our institutions have adopted incrementalism as a lingua franca.

More and more, young progressive activists are asking Democrats to reject the incrementalism of past administrations, including former President Barack Obama’s.