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Title: Unequal Outcomes 
Description: Nations with large gaps between rich and poor tend to have worse health statistics, more violence, and worse pollution than do more equal countries.

Plot graph comparing differences between 22 different countries. Y-axis is an index of health, social, and environmental problems. X-axis is income inequality. The United States is the greatest outlier, performing badly in both measures. At the opposite end are mostly Scandinavian countries.


As the pressures of inequality build, more people are looking to the foundations of our economic system to understand what can be done.

Permaculture design offers a unique approach to system design as it aims to create self-supporting and regenerative systems.

In this piece - originally presented at the Australian Permaculture Convergence - I outline some of the main structural issues we face and how to design new ways of sharing resources in our communities that leave no one behind.

I'm working on an update to this presentation so would value any feedback. Link contains written and video versions.

#economics #permaculture #permanomics

http://groundupcreative.com.au/permanomics/


This is a set of economic ideas that I hadn't heard about before. They seem unsettling but perfectly valid.


https://www.noemamag.com/what-if-money-expired/

**What If Money Expired? - NOEMA** • https://www.noemamag.com/what-if-money-expired/
#economics #money #socialist #capitalist #system

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Banner at a protest rally says: "Capitalism isn't working. Another world is possible."


A profound reflection by @pluralistic: IPR (copyright) never worked for protecting people's privacy, nor for making sure creative workers are fairly compensated. This is because IPRs are tradeable, and the markets they are traded in are characterized by an extreme concentration of power. What does both jobs is NON-tradeable (inalienable) rights. In other words, we are back to the distinction between human rights (that work) and property rights (that don't). https://doctorow.medium.com/how-to-think-about-scraping-2db6f69a7e3d #economics



WATCH THIS VIDEO: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia (aka Sprawl) is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown and all the urban parts of your city, watch this excellent video by @notjustbikes with UrbanThree & Strong Towns. And then please SHARE it as much as possible, especially with your local municipal leaders.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6qyyrTeI

#suburbia #sprawl #urbanism #cities #density #cityplanning #economics #downtown


Does anybody know about #economics here? I ask because this article says we are moving towards a #global #hyperinflation.

I am aware that no one has a crystal ball to see the #future, but the article makes sense for an ignorant in the topic like me.


Adam Smith's "barter predates fiat money" doesn't hold historical nor anthropological scrutiny. Contemporary people asked about what system would replace money if it didn't exist overwhelmingly mention mutual aid. Money is not an inevitability. #economics