<div dir="ltr">The problem with Social Credit is that it was originally proposed in part as a solution to the problem if inadequate aggregate demand to purchase the full output of industry under mass-production capitalism. If coupled with radical changes in the production model SocCred could be an important part of the transition to post-capitalism. But by itself, it might actually make mass production and planned obsolescence economically sustainable and destroy the biosphere.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Michel Bauwens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michel@p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">michel@p2pfoundation.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Chris Quigley</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cmqesquire@gmail.com" target="_blank">cmqesquire@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 11:30 PM<br>Subject: Fwd: The Social Credit Path to Sustainable Consumption<br>To: Michel Bauwens <<a href="mailto:michel@p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">michel@p2pfoundation.net</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">Link to an excellent summary of Social Credit for your files by Oliver Heydorn</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Kind regards,</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Christopher</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.socred.org/index.php/blogs/view/the-social-credit-path-to-sustainable-consumption" target="_blank">The Social Credit Path to Sustainable Consumption</a><br></span></div><div style="width:450px;font-family:'Georgia','Times','Times New Roman','serif';margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;background-color:#ffffff"><table style="width:450px;height:170px;display:block" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="8" style="height:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1px;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="min-height:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1px;line-height:0px"> </div></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5" style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:middle;width:168px;height:168px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);border-collapse:collapse"><div style="width:168px" 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style="width:100%;vertical-align:middle;font-family:'Georgia','Times','Times New Roman','serif'"><div style="line-height:16.5px;background-color:#ffffff;min-height:135px;width:245px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-all"><span></span><span></span><a href="http://www.socred.org/index.php/blogs/view/the-social-credit-path-to-sustainable-consumption" style="text-decoration:none!important;text-decoration:none;color:#000000!important;line-height:100%;font-size:18px;display:block" target="_blank"><span style="margin:0;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:3px;font-size:18px;line-height:21px;max-height:43px;color:#000000;overflow:hidden!important;display:inline-block">The Social Credit Path to Sustainable Consumption</span></a><div style="font-size:13px;line-height:20px;color:#999999;max-height:81px;font-family:'Georgia','Times','Times New Roman','serif';overflow:hidden">The following paper will be presented at the SCORAI conference at the University of Maine in June: <a 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