Denis Paull and Tor Lunde (at least) have been involved in a recent dialogue
about wealth and value.
I agree entirely with Tor's comments about the "monetization" of value
(something which has been extremely useful in the past, but which has
definitely reached its use by date, at least in the
It is interesting what a country with rich revenue flows from North Sea oil
can do. Canada was once a place like this, and parts of it may still be.
But does it make one "neo-con" to recognize that there are limitations?
Will Norway be able to do these kinds of things when the oil has run out,
JUST A LITTLE MORE INFO on the Y2K problem, note letter at the bottom by a
software engineer
Thomas
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Just when you thought it was safe
At the moment we live in a capitalist society, where the market -
whether "free" or not determines the value of things.
I suggest you look for a more practical alternative
Eva
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How do we value things and the people who make them?
If I create
I believe it's a matter of perspective. It depends a lot on the relative
emphasis one gives to the personal versus the social, or the individual
versus the collective. Caring for other people or animals in distress is, I
believe, a very personal thing. If you intrude the social or
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Durant wrote:
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The problem in Russia is not that people "forgot how to care",
but that they haven't got the means to care. Same as in the UK,
if mental patiens are "released to the community" without the funding
of future specialist care for them, a new layer of the destitute is
Ed,
You make a good point which reminded me of our own example of the same
phenomenon: Alberta. What often passes for good management in that province is
actually a whole lot of oil and natural gas in the ground.
In the case of Norway, it seems to me that they are on the right track. It is
often
Dear Tor:
Thanks for such an interesting post. Someone has to set a standard that is
different than the neo-con philosophy of trashing every poor person in the
country and I'm glad to see your government is making the attempt. What is
especially interesting is that it comes after a
