that is actually a very good and important point, i.e. we need an integral approach that embraces both polarities instead of a ghetto for both ... Michel On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Roberto Verzola <[email protected]> wrote:
While it is an interesting linguistic problem, I hope it doesn't lead to the opposite tendency to see everything exclusively from the lens of abundance. I think economics should be properly defined a study of *both* scarcity and abundance. It is the dynamics between these two opposites that determines the features of a particular economy.
Greetings to all,
Roberto
Joseph Jackson wrote:
I tried initially to popularize the late Robert Levin's term Agalmics: http://www.openverse.com/~dtinker/agalmics.html <http://www.openverse.com/%7Edtinker/agalmics.html>
Have to think more about this...the idea of Extropy seems relevant also. We also have to think in terms of decision theory....choice under abundance may not make sense because you can consume or enjoy all the options. Also, even when things are abundant if you have limited or scare attention you'd still be operating under conventional decision theory or utility optimizing parameters. Thus we need to distringuis Marco Economics/Macro Abundance in the Political Economy sense from micro-individual-decision/behavior.
I think Economics of Abundance, or Abundance Studies. Post Scarcity Economics, Resource Based Economic. Ecological Economics (also see the Mars trilogy Red Mars, Blue Mars, Green Mars)
On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 4:25 AM, Michel Bauwens <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
see below, suggestions very welcome,
Michel
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Dante-Gabryell Monson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
:)
I notice on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxeology
/"Von Mises writes that *economics* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics>*, the study of human choice under conditions of scarcity*, can be treated as a specialization of *praxeology, the study of all human action.*"/
... it makes me wonder, *what would be called "the study of human choice under conditions of abundance"* ?
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Patrick Anderson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Dante-Gabryell Monson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I wonder how one would call direct action , transactions , and contracts > made by the people without a need for a representative, but with the > possibility for proxy voting which can be changed at any time in case one > would want others to take decisions for us instead of taking them oneself
I think http://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Autarchism might be one part of this answer, but would avoid claiming it is all we need because it does not mention the critical issue of "beneficial connectivity" that our societies now lack.
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