hi chris,<br><br>could you scribd this for a blogpost in early august, with same title as above, i.e. &quot;the insuffficiency of efficiency&quot;<br><br>see <a href="http://steadystate.org/wp-content/uploads/CASSE_Brief_Efficient_Allocation.pdf">http://steadystate.org/wp-content/uploads/CASSE_Brief_Efficient_Allocation.pdf</a><br>
<br>Michel<br><br>CASSE:<br><br>&quot;Long before the economy threatens the resilience<br>of ecosystems, economic growth can become<br>undesirable. Much growth (i.e., increasing GDP)<br>consists of “defensive expenditures,” products<br>
and services that counteract the negative consequences<br>of other economic activities. An example<br>of a defensive expenditure is the treatment of<br>cancer caused by industrial pollution.<br>Even assuming a product causes no direct harm<br>
to its user, its production inevitably contributes<br>to the depletion of natural resources. The tradeoff<br>between products and natural resources may<br>be worthwhile when the economy is small, but<br>as it grows, the additional products become increasingly<br>
costly. Through much of human history<br>people have been made better off by having<br>and consuming more things. In high-consuming<br>countries today, however, the costs of increased<br>production often outweigh the benefits. Further<br>
growth has become uneconomic.&quot;<br>(<a href="http://steadystate.org/wp-content/uploads/CASSE_Brief_Sustainable_Scale.pdf">http://steadystate.org/wp-content/uploads/CASSE_Brief_Sustainable_Scale.pdf</a>)<br><br><br><br>
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