The Economics Of Abundance

Author : Dr Wolfgang Hoeschele
Publisher : Gower Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781409459545

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No matter how many resources we consume we never seem to have enough. The Economics of Abundance is a balanced book in which Wolfgang Hoeschele challenges why this is so. He claims that our current capitalist economy can exist only on the basis of manufactured scarcity created by 'scarcity-generating institutions', and these institutions manipulate both demand and supply of commodities. Therefore demand consistently exceeds supply, and profits and economic growth can continue – at the cost of individual freedom, social equity, and ecological sustainability. The fact that continual increases in demand are so vital to our economy leads to an impasse: many people see no alternative to the generation of ever more demand, but at the same time recognize that it is clearly unsustainable ecologically and socially. So, can demand only be reduced by curtailing freedom and is this acceptable? This book argues that, by analyzing how scarcity-generating institutions work and then reforming or dismantling them, we can enhance individual freedom and support entrepreneurial initiative, and at the same time make progress toward social justice and environmental sustainability by reducing demands on vital resources. This vision would enable activists in many fields (social justice, civil liberties, and environmental protection), as well as many entrepreneurs and other members of civil society to work together much more effectively, make it more difficult to portray all these groups as contradictory special interests, and thereby help generate momentum for positive change. Meanwhile, for academics in many fields of study, the concept of the creation of scarcity or abundance may be a highly useful analytical tool.

Author : Wolfgang Hoeschele
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317034667

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The Economics of Abundance by Wolfgang Hoeschele Pdf

No matter how many resources we consume we never seem to have enough. The Economics of Abundance is a balanced book in which Wolfgang Hoeschele challenges why this is so. He claims that our current capitalist economy can exist only on the basis of manufactured scarcity created by 'scarcity-generating institutions', and these institutions manipulate both demand and supply of commodities. Therefore demand consistently exceeds supply, and profits and economic growth can continue - at the cost of individual freedom, social equity, and ecological sustainability. The fact that continual increases in demand are so vital to our economy leads to an impasse: many people see no alternative to the generation of ever more demand, but at the same time recognize that it is clearly unsustainable ecologically and socially. So, can demand only be reduced by curtailing freedom and is this acceptable? This book argues that, by analyzing how scarcity-generating institutions work and then reforming or dismantling them, we can enhance individual freedom and support entrepreneurial initiative, and at the same time make progress toward social justice and environmental sustainability by reducing demands on vital resources. This vision would enable activists in many fields (social justice, civil liberties, and environmental protection), as well as many entrepreneurs and other members of civil society to work together much more effectively, make it more difficult to portray all these groups as contradictory special interests, and thereby help generate momentum for positive change. Meanwhile, for academics in many fields of study, the concept of the creation of scarcity or abundance may be a highly useful analytical tool.

Author : Brendan Sheehan
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849807159

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The Economics of Abundance by Brendan Sheehan Pdf

This book addresses the challenge posed by J.K. Galbraith over fifty years ago to make a constructive contribution to a different style of economic analysis - the economics of abundance. It identifies a system of abundance inhabited by the ?people of plenty? and illustrates that the driver of growth in this system is spending by affluent consumers. This timely book provides essential heterodox economic theory to explain this spending and explore its key drivers and constraints.

Author : Robert Theobald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1985-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0829002979

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Author : Dugger
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780765628084

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Economic Abundance by Dugger Pdf

Most principles of economics texts are predicated narrowly on the concept of scarcity as a fundamental force, but that is only one aspect of economics. This supplemental text for basic and intermediate level undergraduates provides a serious discussion of the concept of abundance - what it means, how we can move toward it, and what keeps us from doing so. The authors first outline the development of the concept of abundance and its meaning with discussions of the roles of population, resources, and the environment. Then they consider why abundance escapes us, focusing on the detrimental roles of four predatory behaviors - classism, nationalism, sexism, and racism. As a remedy, they propose a policy of universal employment as a replacement for full employment, and explore the effects of pushing the unemployment rate down to absolute zero.

Author : Stuart Chase
Publisher : New York : Macmillan
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Capitalism
ISBN : WISC:89047606850

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"Selected bibliography": pages 319-322.

Author : Stuart Chase
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Economic history
ISBN : OCLC:468765884

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Author : Robert Theobald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Economics
ISBN : UCAL:B4149701

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The Economics of Abundance by Robert Theobald Pdf

Study examining the fundamental economic policy problems confronting the USA and the measures needed to prevent inflation without causing excessive unemployment - demonstrates the inadequacy of the neo-keynesian economic theories as a basis for economic planning, describes measures to change income distribution, covers other policy measures in respect of labour relations, capital, taxation, etc., and suggests that abundance is feasible provided that socioeconomic systems are reorganised.

Author : Monica L. Smith
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781607325949

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Abundance by Monica L. Smith Pdf

Using case studies from around the globe—including Mesoamerica, North and South America, Africa, China, and the Greco-Roman world—and across multiple time periods, the authors in this volume make the case that abundance provides an essential explanatory perspective on ancient peoples’ choices and activities. Economists frequently focus on scarcity as a driving principle in the development of social and economic hierarchies, yet focusing on plenitude enables the understanding of a range of cohesive behaviors that were equally important for the development of social complexity. Our earliest human ancestors were highly mobile hunter-gatherers who sought out places that provided ample food, water, and raw materials. Over time, humans accumulated and displayed an increasing quantity and variety of goods. In households, shrines, tombs, caches, and dumps, archaeologists have discovered large masses of materials that were deliberately gathered, curated, distributed, and discarded by ancient peoples. The volume’s authors draw upon new economic theories to consider the social, ideological, and political implications of human engagement with abundant quantities of resources and physical objects and consider how individual and household engagements with material culture were conditioned by the quest for abundance. Abundance shows that the human propensity for mass consumption is not just the result of modern production capacities but fulfills a longstanding focus on plenitude as both the assurance of well-being and a buffer against uncertainty. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students in economics, anthropology, and cultural studies. Contributors: Traci Ardren, Amy Bogaard, Elizabeth Klarich, Abigail Levine, Christopher R. Moore, Tito E. Naranjo, Stacey Pierson, James M. Potter, François G. Richard, Christopher W. Schmidt, Carol Schultze, Payson Sheets, Monica L. Smith, Katheryn C. Twiss, Mark D. Varien, Justin St. P. Walsh, María Nieves Zedeño

Author : Adam Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1822
Category : Economics
ISBN : UCAL:$B87540

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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith Pdf

Author : R. M. Auty
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001-06-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199246885

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Resource Abundance and Economic Development by R. M. Auty Pdf

Since the 1960s the per capita incomes of the resource-poor countries have grown significantly faster than those of the resource-abundant countries. In fact, in recent years economic growth has been inversely proportional to the share of natural resource rents in GDP, so that the small mineral-driven economies have performed least well and the oil-driven economies worst of all. Yet the mineral-driven resource-rich economies have high growth potential because the mineral exportsboost their capacity to invest and to import."Resource Abundance and Economic Development" explains the disappointing performance of resource-abundant countries by extending the growth accounting framework to include natural and social capital. The resulting synthesis identifies two contrasting development trajectories: the competitive industrialization of the resource-poor countries and the staple trap of many resource-abundant countries. The resource-poor countries are less prone to policy failure than the resource-abundant countriesbecause social pressures force the political state to align its interests with the majority poor and follow relatively prudent policies. Resource-abundant countries are more likely to engender political states in which vested interests vie to capture resource surpluses (rents) at the expense of policycoherence. A longer dependence on primary product exports also delays industrialization, heightens income inequality, and retards skill accumulation. Fears of 'Dutch disease' encourage efforts to force industrialization through trade policy to protect infant industry. The resulting slow-maturing manufacturing sector demands transfers from the primary sector that outstrip the natural resource rents and sap the competitiveness of the economy.The chapters in this collection draw upon historical analysis and models to show that a growth collapse is not the inevitable outcome of resource abundance and that policy counts. Malaysia, a rare example of successful resource-abundant development, is contrasted with Ghana, Bolivia, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and Argentina, which all experienced a growth collapse. The book also explores policies for reviving collapsed economies with reference to Costa Rica, South Africa, Russia and Central Asia. Itdemonstrates the importance of initial conditions to successful economic reform.

Author : John Randolph Price
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781401945367

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The Abundance Book by John Randolph Price Pdf

This classic book introduces readers to a 40-day prosperity plan which points out to readers what "money" really is and teaches a six-step program which shows them how to free their minds from limiting beliefs.

Author : John Michael Greer
Publisher : New Society Publisher
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781550924787

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The Wealth of Nature by John Michael Greer Pdf

The political theorist and author of Decline and Fall proposes a bold new economic paradigm based on the value of sustainability. The Wealth of Nature proposes a new model of economics based on the integral value of ecology. Building on the foundations of E.F. Schumacher's revolutionary "economics as if people mattered", this book examines the true cost of confusing money with wealth. By analyzing the mistakes of contemporary economics, it shows how an economy centered on natural capital—the raw materials that support human life—can move our society toward a more productive relationship with the planet that sustains us all. The Wealth of Nature suggests public policy initiatives and personal choices that can help alleviate the economic impact of peak oil. These strategies must address not only financial concerns, but the issues of resource depletion and pollution. Profoundly insightful and impeccably argued, this book is required reading for anyone interested in the intersection of the environment and the economy as we enter the twilight of the Age of Abundance.

Author : Olivia Saunders
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781514411827

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Tomato Economics by Olivia Saunders Pdf

Olivia Saunders presents her challenge boldly, and in no uncertain terms. In clear language even the most inexperienced layman can penetrate, Saunders presents a lucid, reasoned argument for a new way to see the world’s resources, and particularly the people who use them. Through the economics of abundance, Saunders seeks to reorient the way we as human beings relate to each other, our communities and our world. By denying the prevailing view of scarcity, which forces a paradigm of dehumanizing competition, and embracing what one might loosely term ‘tomato economics,’ Saunders dares us to see the truth: there is enough, and more than enough. There is abundance.

Author : Bartłomiej Biga
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000381542

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The Economics of Intellectual Property and Openness by Bartłomiej Biga Pdf

This book focuses on the economic aspects of intellectual property (IP). It includes considerations of the wider category of intangible assets. However, the primary focus is devoted to patents which the author argues are the most vivid example of the Tragedy of Intangible Abundance (TIA). TIA touches upon a key issue in the contemporary economy. On the one hand, there is an enormous supply of IP, yet, on the other hand, such an abundance does not necessarily solve existing issues but rather creates new ones as well. This book elaborates on the reasons for the emergence of TIA and its consequences. The author uses clear metaphors to explain very complex issues. The book provides a valuable and interdisciplinary analysis of the field and offers practical solutions. It is based on the data collected by the author during the qualitative research he conducted among a group of start-ups. It presents guidance on determining which instrument is the most efficient for a particular situation. It also provides arguments for decision-makers and their advisors as to why a more open approach towards intellectual property would be more beneficial under many circumstances in the contemporary economy. While universal issues are addressed, the author distinguishes the European perspective too. The book is written in a clear and concise style and covers all of the crucial aspects of IP management. It will find an audience among scholars of economics and business.