Re: [ox-en] Necessary growth (was: Re: Explanation of interest)
Alex Rollin <[email protected]>
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Diego, really now! > > if we have an "exchange economy" and we have infinite inmaterial "products" > with and artificial price, this products will cause an increasing preassure > on material products consumtions. > After being such a stickler for detail you are making a real statement hear wrapping price up into this discussion and saying that it's pre-determined that material product consumption will increase. Your logic assumes that the price of the immaterial is transferred to pay for the material. This is not only a poor assumption now with our current economy but it will likely be an even more unreliable one later on. A On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Diego Saravia <[email protected]> wrote: > [Converted from multipart/alternative] > > [1 text/plain] > 2009/5/9 Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> > >> [Converted from multipart/alternative] >> >> [1 text/plain] >> Hi Stefan: >> >> I think there are 2 issues: >> >> - growth in immaterial aspects: that may be considered, given a few caveats >> (such as the material basis on which it may rest), potentially infinite >> > > if we have an "exchange economy" and we have infinite inmaterial "products" > with and artificial price, this products will cause an increasing preassure > on material products consumtions. > > the owners of inmaterial products will use its to buy stuff (aka Bill gates) > > >> >> - growth in material aspects: possible as long as it is compatible with the >> rate of renewal of the resource >> >> So a culture can learn to limit its material growth in certain areas, >> nurture physical relative abundance wherever it is possible, and refocus >> its >> core efforts on the immaterial aspects of culture >> > > > - growth in population? > > > > > -- > Diego Saravia > [email protected] > NO FUNCIONA->dsa-AySywPH+/[email protected] > > > [2 text/html] > _________________________________ > Web-Site: http://www.oekonux.org/ > Organization: http://www.oekonux.de/projekt/ > Contact: [email protected] > -- Alex I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.- Socrates _________________________________ Web-Site: http://www.oekonux.org/ Organization: http://www.oekonux.de/projekt/ Contact: [email protected]