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 ...<br><br>Michel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Roberto Verzola <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rverzola@gn.apc.org">rverzola@gn.apc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">While it is an interesting linguistic problem, I hope it doesn't lead to<br>
the opposite tendency to see everything exclusively from the lens of<br>
abundance. I think economics should be properly defined a study of<br>
*both* scarcity and abundance. It is the dynamics between these two<br>
opposites that determines the features of a particular economy.<br>
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Greetings to all,<br>
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Roberto<br>
<div class="im"><br>
Joseph Jackson wrote:<br>
> I tried initially to popularize the late Robert Levin's term<br>
> Agalmics: �<a href="http://www.openverse.com/%7Edtinker/agalmics.html" target="_blank">http://www.openverse.com/~dtinker/agalmics.html</a><br>
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> Have to think more about this...the idea of Extropy seems relevant<br>
> also. �We also have to think in terms of decision theory....choice<br>
> under abundance may not make sense because you can consume or enjoy<br>
> all the options. �Also, even when things are abundant if you have<br>
> limited or scare attention you'd still be operating under conventional<br>
> decision theory or utility optimizing parameters. �Thus we need to<br>
> distringuis Marco Economics/Macro Abundance in the Political Economy<br>
> sense from �micro-individual-decision/behavior.<br>
><br>
> I think Economics of Abundance, �or Abundance Studies. � �Post<br>
> Scarcity Economics, �Resource Based Economic. � �Ecological Economics<br>
> (also see the Mars trilogy Red Mars, Blue Mars, Green Mars)<br>
><br>
> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 4:25 AM, Michel Bauwens<br>
</div><div class="im">> <<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> � � see �below, suggestions very welcome,<br>
><br>
> � � Michel<br>
><br>
> � � On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Dante-Gabryell Monson<br>
</div><div class="im">> � � <<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com">dante.monson@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com">dante.monson@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
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> � � � � :)<br>
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> � � � � I notice on<br>
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> � � � � <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxeology" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxeology</a><br>
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</div>> � � � � /"Von Mises writes that *economics*<br>
> � � � � <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics</a>>*, the study of human<br>
<div class="im">> � � � � choice under conditions of scarcity*, can be treated as a<br>
> � � � � specialization of *praxeology, the study of all human action.*"/<br>
><br>
> � � � � ... it makes me wonder, *what would be called "the study of<br>
> � � � � human choice under conditions of abundance"* ?<br>
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> � � � � On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Patrick Anderson<br>
</div><div class="im">> � � � � <<a href="mailto:agnucius@gmail.com">agnucius@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:agnucius@gmail.com">agnucius@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
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> � � � � � � On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Dante-Gabryell Monson<br>
</div>> � � � � � � <<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com">dante.monson@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com">dante.monson@gmail.com</a>>><br>
<div class="im">> � � � � � � wrote:<br>
> � � � � � � > I wonder how one would call direct action , transactions<br>
> � � � � � � , and contracts<br>
> � � � � � � > made by the people without a need for a representative,<br>
> � � � � � � but with the<br>
> � � � � � � > possibility for proxy voting which can be changed at any<br>
> � � � � � � time in case one<br>
> � � � � � � > would want others to take decisions for us instead of<br>
> � � � � � � taking them oneself<br>
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> � � � � � � I think <a href="http://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Autarchism" target="_blank">http://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Autarchism</a> might be one<br>
> � � � � � � part of this answer,<br>
> � � � � � � but would avoid claiming it is all we need because it does<br>
> � � � � � � not mention the<br>
> � � � � � � critical issue of "beneficial connectivity" that our<br>
> � � � � � � societies now lack.<br>
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