On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Arthur Cordell <[email protected]> wrote: > Are there any websites you recommend that are following this discussion?
Here are a few: http://ecologicalheadstand.blogspot.com http://steadystate.org/ http://postgrowth.org/ http://steadystaterevolution.org/ http://another-green-world.blogspot.com/ http://www.neweconomics.org/blog http://neweconomicsinstitute.org/ http://www.degrowth.net/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sandwichman > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 9:08 PM > To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION > Subject: Re: [Futurework] Enough is Enough > > The report just came out a couple of weeks ago, so it would be too > early to sum up its reception. What I see happening is a process of > accretion of studies & reports like this -- Peter Victor's Managing > without Growth, the Sustainable Development Commission's Prosperity > without Growth report, Juliet Schor's Plenitude. People begin to see > that there is not just ONE person or group saying these kinds of > things but that it is a "discourse." > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Arthur Cordell <[email protected]> > wrote: >> What has been the reception to this very comprehensive and thoughtful >> report and is there any follow up? >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sandwichman >> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 1:48 PM >> To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION >> Subject: [Futurework] Enough is Enough >> >> >> >> Enough is Enough: Ideas for a Sustainable >> Economy in a World of Finite Resources >> >> http://steadystate.org/wp-content/uploads/EnoughIsEnough_FullReport.pdf >> >> Contents >> Forewords >> > ............................................................................ > ...................................... >> 6 >> > Summary..................................................................... > ............................................... >> 9 >> Part One: Questions of Enough >> 1. Introduction >> > ............................................................................ > ............................. >> 20 >> 2. How Much is Enough? >> > ............................................................................ > ............ >> 23 >> 3. What Sort of Economy Provides Enough? >> .......................................................... 33 >> Part Two: Strategies of Enough >> 4. Enough Throughput: Limiting Resource Use and Waste >> Production................... 42 >> 5. Enough People: Stabilising >> Population................................................................ >> 50 >> 6. Enough Inequality: Distributing Income and >> Wealth............................................ 57 >> 7. Enough Debt: Reforming the Monetary >> System.................................................. 64 >> 8. Enough Poor Indicators: Changing the Way We Measure >> Progress................... 73 >> 9. Enough Job Losses: Securing >> Employment........................................................ 80 >> 10. Enough Excess Profits: Rethinking Business and >> Production........................... 87 >> 11. Enough Unilateralism: Addressing Global >> Relationships................................... 95 >> 12. Enough Materialism: Changing Consumer >> Behaviour..................................... 101 >> 13. Enough Silence: Engaging Politicians and the Media >> ..................................... 106 >> Part Three: Advancing the Economy of Enough >> 14. A Blueprint for an Economy Built to Last >> ......................................................... 112 >> 15. Boldness in Building the Steady State >> Economy............................................. 117 >> Notes and >> > References.................................................................. > .......................... >> 121 >> >> A foreword by Lorna Arblaster and David Adshead >> >> Unlimited economic growth is not possible on a finite planet. Despite > this, >> there is >> little discussion of an alternative economic system that can meet our > needs >> without >> growth. The Steady State Economy Conference aimed to promote such >> discussion. >> In particular it aimed to identify practical policy proposals to bring > about >> change >> towards a steady state economy in the UK. >> >> The conference took place on 19th June 2010. Three years earlier to the > day, >> we >> collaborated with Claire Bastin to host the first Café Economique in a >> suburb of >> Leeds. Inspired by the concept of “economic justice for all” (and taking >> that phrase >> as the name of our organisation), we set out to develop a forum where >> members of >> the public could discuss socio-economic problems and consider innovative >> solutions. >> At the first Café Economique, Claire led a discussion on the topic of >> “Economics in a >> Full World”. The suggested background reading for the discussion was a > paper >> of >> the same title, written by economist Herman Daly and published in > Scientific >> American. >> >> From this simple beginning, the number of people attending the monthly > Café >> Economique events has grown steadily, requiring us to move to larger > venues. >> How >> have we achieved this continuing and increasing interest? We meet locally, >> we >> invite a speaker to inform the discussion, we use a format that encourages >> attendee >> participation, and we address a wide range of socio-economic issues. >> In November 2009, Dan O’Neill, the European Director of the Center for the >> Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE), spoke at the Café >> Economique. We took great interest in Dan’s ideas and the discussion that >> they >> generated, and together we recognised an opportunity to develop the > concepts >> further. The conference and this report are the result of this > collaboration >> between >> Economic Justice for All and CASSE. >> >> The report, with its extensive set of references, is an excellent primer > for >> anyone >> interested in the economics of sustainability. It also provides a valuable >> information >> resource for “economic discussion and action” groups, and we hope that it >> will lead >> to the creation of more such groups, in the UK and around the world. >> Increasing awareness of the pressures on our fragile planet obliges us to >> rethink >> urgently how we organise our economic and social systems — a complex and >> challenging task. This report provides an overview of areas where change > is >> needed, specific proposals for change, and questions for further > discussion. >> >> A small local group with few resources, Economic Justice for All dared, > with >> CASSE, >> to organise the Steady State Economy Conference. We hope that you will > dare >> to >> take forward the ideas in this report, whoever and wherever you are. >> >> >> -- >> Sandwichman >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Futurework mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework >> >> > > > > -- > Sandwichman > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > -- Sandwichman _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
