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The future of production, consumption and money?
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John Gelles
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Oct 30, 2009 06:57 PST
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Message to two discussion forums:
Victory over Want, Cyberspace Society
Topic: The future of production, consumption and money?
Supply and demand, (production and consumption,) are not about to be
replaced by something new and different. Their great enemy is war--world
war, and even lesser wars.
FDR warned us that people in need were fodder for tyrants--and tyrants
and their tyrannies almost always lead to war.
People are in need for two main reasons: (1) demand is less than supply
and (2) supply is less than need.
So the above few lines are basic.
AND, meaty descriptions of (1) money--in relation to monetized demand
and (2) supply chains (including labor, raw materials, component parts,
and all other inputs of indirect but required support) -- in relation to
the supply of essential needs, (and the accounted for money costs
thereof,) MUST BE AVOIDED -- IF we want persuasive argument for change.
Ellen Brown's advice to the leaders (in and out of government, per se)
of the current list of Great Powers cannot be taken seriously because it
covers too much territory. She has not attempted a tome like Keynes or
Marx did in earlier times. But she has attempted to compete with
Internet idea-spreaders, like Ron Paul and others. Her recent interview,
linked below, is worth reading. But her overall approach is too broad to
make a difference.
Ellen Brown's ideas:
http://lists.topica.com/lists/VOW/read/message.html?mid=813643478&sort=d&start=6015
My own approach is to narrow our persuasive writing as much as possible.
FDR's Second Bill of Rights establishes need. Abba Lerner's Functional
Finance establishes the shortest path to monetized demand.
Trying to reduce the current crises, possible solutions, and a better
understanding of money as a tool to build economic democracy, to a
readable political platform for ordinary people is the immediate
challenge.
Pride of authorship and selling books get in our way. But the Internet
is out friend. Google, Amazon and Wikipedia like allies, hosts and
clouds make a huge difference from the past. They will build the Tower
of Babel or the Library at Alexandria.
Purposeful money and computerized barter will oil our efforts. High tech
systems will make possible victory over want and the end of scarcity. We
will not be at the end of history--only at its beginning of an era in
search of peace, cooperation and an end to hate and savagary.
John Gelles ideas:
http://sites.google.com/site/reversiblemoneypump/
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