Thanks Rick. For now I’d just add to your preliminary sketch:
A PCT approach to “wealth” would surely, to my mind, include reference to the concept of degrees of freedom - to pick up what seems an incredibly important point from the recent discussion.
When I first read this paper a couple of months ago, it struck me that I hadn’t noticed the concept mentioned much recently. (Warren et al’s Rethinking Secondary Mental Health Care being a notable exception) (and admittedly I skim read a lot)
This concept seems right up there with respect vs. arbitrary control in terms of importance in the overall “vision” of PCT as I currently see it.
In my own relatively broke state, “finding degrees of freedom under constraints” is central to my home economics.
What do you think?