Re: [Mind's Eye] Re: Economy

Personally I don't think any one really has the money..  and those that have the money need to start paying their share rather than ride around in over priced expensive yachts.. that goes around the world..  This includes the USA  where it is desperately needed.  Let me see California when bankrupt there..  I see very little difference..  each state is an independent sovereign country..

Allan 

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 7:52 AM, archytas <nwterry@gmail.com> wrote:

None of this austerity stuff makes any sense Allan.  I'm not even sure
the Chinese have any money given the property bubble over there.  I
think the banks should be taken over rather than letting our public
sectors end up in their hands.

On Jun 26, 2:27 pm, Contemplative <wjwiel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does it serve man?  (I am not disagreeing, just questioning...)  
> I am going to suggest (for arguments sake) that the economy describes a set
> of
> (system of)relationships and behaviors of man.  Those relationships and
> behaviors would
> exist regardless of how we chose to describe them.  That indicates a
> 'natural system' to my
> way of thinking.  From a broad perspective, such systems evolve in the
> interest of the survival
> of the species and therefor serve man.  However, there is a distinction
> between serving man
> at that level and serving man at the level of mans will.(using 'man' as
> mankind here).  I presume
> that your are speaking of it as serving mans will.(?)
>
> Perhaps the problem I have is with the way we talk about the economy.  We
> talk about it as if it is a complex
> machine that we can manipulate as we see fit and as such predict the
> outcome.  That is plainly not
> true as has repeatedly and painfully proven.  I guess I would like to hear
> it talked about and considered more
> as a natural system which is better learned about through observation. In
> other words, something we live in instead
> of a machine that we drive or operate.  I think we could learn a lot more
> about ourselves if we were to view it
> that way.  I also think that we would likely make less drastic mistakes
> regarding this system if we were to
> approach it this way.
>
> We need a way to balance between our holistic 'expert' view and the view  of
> the system as more holonic.
> In other words, I don't trust experts.... :-)
>
> By the way, the source of these wandering rants has been my endeavor to
> consume and digest the contents of
> the FCIC report which I downloaded and have been snacking/gnawing on for a
> couple of months now...  I recommend
> it by the way.  It is not nearly as dry as I would have thought, and
> reasonably informative, though I doubt
> it could be described as comprehensive.  It has been and continues to be a
> source of thought provocation for me.
>
> Once again, thanks for the opportunity...

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