There’s more to economic exchange than a pure exchange of value. In fact, the more I think about what an economy is, the more I realise that nearly every aspect of our lives is mediated through capitalism.
I want to take a few steps back and consider what are the elements of an economic system. Today's excerpts are for getting the conversation started, but to be honest I'm not very satisfied with the analysis presented by these authors. As always, the links to the original articles are in the section headers.
But anyways, we started off with asking, what exactly does ‘Sustainable’ mean?
Part 1: What Would a Sustainable Economy Look Like?
Actually, before that, we had a little discussion about what "neoliberalism" is, and why it's heading us down such a disastrous road, politically, economically, and ecologically.
Part 0: How Neoliberalism Threatens Democracy討論逐字稿
Our second Sustainable Economy discussion was about workers, their role in the current economy, and how a good economic system should take workers' needs into account.
Part 2: What Is Owed a Worker?
Our third discussion is about more near future business practices, and what might be helpful, as well as some long term principles that might apply to the near future as we try to transition.
Part 3: Can We Change How We Do Business?
