Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Economy conditions in the Minimalist Program 2.1. Last Resort: From Greed to Activation Condition 2.2. Locality 3. The Defective Intervention Constraint (DIC) and the Maximization Principle (MaxP) revisited 3.1. Questions on the DIC 3.2. More on the Maximization Principle(MaxP) 4. A Proposal 4.1. Assumptions and definitions 4.2. An analysis 5. Concluding remarks References