For several years I have engaged listmembers (incl. Gurstein,
Courtneige, Pollard...)about the pop. link to labor issues, the growth
paradigm, finite sources & sinks, and the Cornucopian and
Techno-Optimist Fallacies of neo-classical economics.
For the record, I am not a socialist, but define the Commons very
broadly (& globally), and desire a goal of zero net pollution and zero
net depletion of resources & biodiversity. Within those bounds, I am an
entrepreneurial capitalist. :-)
Here is a N.S. based org that has integrated some of these ideas quite
well (given my first brief review). Perhaps their efforts will serve to
flesh out some of my cryptic remarks!
Steve Kurtz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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