Agree. When we "hit the wall" the current economic model will change drastically.
What is needed is a positive image of the future, even a future characterized by "the new realities". I favour some form of stable or steady state economy a la Daly; or a variant thereof. Arthur From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Kurtz Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 9:42 AM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION Subject: Re: [Futurework] Many of the jobs lost during the recession are not coming back On 5/14/2010 9:26 AM, Arthur Cordell wrote: Increasingly people are needed in the economy as consumers, not producers. It is in this sense that the production problem has been solved. When throughput gets constrained by peak oil, peak fisheries, peak topsoil, peak aquifers, peak forests/watersheds...and events like the current (now 10X more than estimated) oil leak hasten toxicity in the habitat...needing greater consumption by more people will be the opposite of what is needed! Steve
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