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> The Conservation Economy (1993)
> (revised April 2008)
>
> Modern economic theories from Adam Smith to Karl Marx are
> not going to be much help as people look to their future.
>
> The popular labels of capitalist' and `socialist' economies
> have become meaningless. It's time to face reality and discard
> old political and economic buzzwords and theories.
>
> For all industrial societies, this means a ****ft from consumption
> to conservation-based economics. Financial trends are serving
> notice that the wor****p of economic consumption for its own sake is
> an illusion people can no longer afford. Now, the price for this
> folly is starting to be paid, and it means change. As the present
> global financial system unravels, a better one must take its place.
>
> Here are seven major differences between a consumption and a
> conservation economy.
>
> Today's consumption economies are: (1) short sighted, (2) link
> material goods to status, (3) promote goods on perceived, not real
> needs, (4) are mentally and physically harmful to people, (5)
> ignore effects to the biosphere, (6) have chaotic finances. and (7)
> sponsor periodic wars.
>
> A conservation economy: (1) looks long term, (2) promotes the use
> value of material goods, (3) produces for real needs, (4) is
> beneficial for people, (5) is ecologically sound, (6) is
> financially stable, and (7) exists to sustain a permanent global
> peace.
Capitalism has thrived on production & consumption. Value is created in
the
production and realised in the consumption. Socialism is a critique of
that
system. Socialism is wide enough to incor****ate a 'conservation economics'
and a 'green political economy'. To my mind a modern notion of marxism is
red-green.
rob
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