Here in BC we have the government-sponsored Bamberton City Project going back to ca. 1990. Now if Premier Campbell would just revive it in some form, we could give economists like Dr. Ingram (Econ.) a chance to do their thing, by articulating an economic system anew for a city built anew. Nothing like giving the whole system a fresh start. FWP
On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Steve Kurtz wrote: > Brad, Ray, Brian: > > You guys provide wonderful counterpoint to some of the overly dry, lean > prose that a few of us serve up here. This richness is highly > nutritious, savory, and satisfying. It also reawakens (in me at least) a > glimmer of optimism amid my admitted gloomy "Heart of Darkness", "The > Wasteland", and "Apocalypse Now" literary psycho-heritage. (Kurtz is in > each) > > Back to _The Efficient Society_, by Joseph Heath. He claims that Hobbes, > not Locke had it right re human nature. Without sufficient rules of > governance (laws & customs), market economies can behave as did some > eastern bloc ones once communism was toppled.(large scale criminality, > organized crime, high levels of corruption) Yet without market > economies, inefficiencies abound in producing well-being for societies. > The feedback that pricing gives to the production system is not possible > in command and control centralized economies. He fully acknowledges > negative externalities (costs that intentionally are offloaded on to the > commons) such as smells, particulates, soil/water pollution, noise... > Next section will be on "Big Business" > > Steve > > Google links: > the efficient cause <http://www3.sympatico.ca/cypher/efficiency.htm> > ... IS IT EFFICIENT? - William Sheridan - JosephHeath THE > EFFICIENTSOCIETY: Why > Canada Is As Close To Utopia As It Gets Penguin/Viking, Toronto, 2001. ... > www3.sympatico.ca/cypher/efficiency.htm - 10k - Cached > ><http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:SVyYY_pq9A8C:www3.sympatico.ca/cypher/efficiency.htm+The+Efficient+Society+%26+Joseph+Heath&hl=en> > > - Similar pages > ><http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&num=10&q=related:www3.sympatico.ca/cypher/efficiency.htm> > > > > Universit� de Montr�al - Forum - �dition du 24 septembre ... > <http://www.iforum.umontreal.ca/Forum/ArchivesForum/2001-2002/010924/491.htm> > - [ Translate this page > ><http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.iforum.umontreal.ca/Forum/ArchivesForum/2001-2002/010924/491.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3DThe%2BEfficient%2BSociety%2B%2526%2BJoseph%2BHeath%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG> > > ] > ... Dans The EfficientSociety, qui suscite de Halifax � Vancouver des > �ditoriaux > enthousiastes, JosephHeath fait l'apologie de l'�tat-providence. Mais on ... > www.iforum.umontreal.ca/Forum/ArchivesForum/2001-2002/010924/ 491.htm - > 16k - Cached > ><http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:nLk_HxPBF40C:www.iforum.umontreal.ca/Forum/ArchivesForum/2001-2002/010924/491.htm+The+Efficient+Society+%26+Joseph+Heath&hl=en> > > - Similar pages > ><http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&num=10&q=related:www.iforum.umontreal.ca/Forum/ArchivesForum/2001-2002/010924/491.htm> > > > > The Left Atrium [CMAJ - August 21, 2001] > <http://www.cma.ca/cmaj/vol-165/issue-4/0454.asp> > ... Almost as good as it gets. The efficient society: Why Canada is as > close to utopia > as it gets JosephHeath Penguin Books Canada, Ltd., Toronto, 2001 306 pp. > $35 ... > www.cma.ca/cmaj/vol-165/issue-4/0454.asp - 27k - Cached > ><http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:APHLo4ZUnz8C:www.cma.ca/cmaj/vol-165/issue-4/0454.asp+The+Efficient+Society+%26+Joseph+Heath&hl=en> > > - Similar pages > ><http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&num=10&q=related:www.cma.ca/cmaj/vol-165/issue-4/0454.asp> > > > > Writers Festival 2001 <http://www.writersfest.com/html/Jheath.html> > ...JosephHeath, author of The Efficient Society: Why Canada Is as Close > to Utopia > as It Gets, is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of ... > www.writersfest.com/html/Jheath.html - 4k - Cached > ><http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:2iVTIyTxUGQC:www.writersfest.com/html/Jheath.html+The+Efficient+Society+%26+Joseph+Heath&hl=en> > > - Similar pages > ><http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&num=10&q=related:www.writersfest.com/html/Jheath.html> > > > > Old and New <http://www.biggeworld.com/archive/efficult.html> > ... poor allocation of intellectual resources. 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