The discussion is officially over, but may restart in the future. I followed with great interest the GDN dialogue and your excellent summaries. What I am missing is a link with basic research - down or up to economic theory proper, but also philosophy, sociology, cultural beliefs, ideology etc. Some contributors pointed that out.
Disciplined conversation is vital for good insights.
GDN might help - provided basic research is somehow part of it. One simple way might be to encourage the participation of GDN participants to present papers at scientific conferences. Quite a few annual conferences exist already. I will participate at the Bonn meeting and hope to meet you there.