Editing Radical centrism (section)

=== Assumptions ===
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* Our problems cannot be solved by twiddling the dials; substantial reforms are needed in many areas.<ref>Halstead and Lind (2001), p. 16.</ref><ref>Satin (2004), pp. 3–5.</ref>
* Solving our problems will not require massive infusions of new money.<ref name=John/><ref>Miller (2003), pp. ix–xiii.</ref>
* However, solving our problems will require drawing on the best ideas from left and right and wherever else they may be found.<ref name=Avlon /><ref name=Matthew>Miller (2003), pp. xii–xii.</ref>
* It will also require creative and original ideas – [[thinking outside the box]].<ref>Avlon (2004), p. 21.</ref><ref>Halstead and Lind (2001), pp. 6–12.</ref><ref name=Utne>Utne, Leif (September–October 2004). "[http://www.utne.com/2004-09-01/the-radical-middle.aspx The Radical Middle]". ''Utne Reader'', issue no. 125, pp. 80–85. Contains brief interviews with 10 radical centrists including Halstead, Satin, [[Tom Atlee]], [[Laura Rockefeller Chasin|Laura Chasin]], [[Joseph F. McCormick]], and [[Joel Rogers]]. Retrieved 3 February 2013.</ref>
* Such thinking cannot be divorced from the world as it is, or from tempered understandings of human nature. A mixture of idealism and realism is needed.<ref>Satin (2004), pp. 5–6.</ref> "Idealism without realism is impotent", says John Avlon. "Realism without idealism is empty".<ref name=Avlon />