Re: Paradigm Shift Archived Message Posted by Gerard on January 20, 2020, 12:40 pm, in reply to "Paradigm Shift" "Governments, though, do at least have alternatives. ‘Doing less’ could also mean ‘doing less better’ – and, if the public cannot be offered ever-greater prosperity, there are other ways in which the lot of the ‘ordinary’ person can be improved. At first sight, no such alternatives seem to exist for business. The whole point of being in business, it can be easy to assume, is the achievement of growth. Whether it’s bigger sales, bigger profits, a higher profile, a growing market value or higher dividends for stockholders, every business objective seems tied to the pursuit of expansion. None of this, in the aggregate at least, seems compatible with an economy in which the prosperity of customers is shrinking. In reality, though, both de-growth and de-layering offer opportunities as well as challenges. The trick is to know which is which." I could analyse this para by para..Don't agree with being an apologist for "small government" its a (mainly), fascist lie...Schumacher saw the need for public ownership and that can't be done with ever shrinking govt.. and why buy in to the old-paradigm conception of "growth", surely an economy truly grows as it becomes more sustainable?! He shows his Green-Wellies with this stuff....if people want to be healthy, happy and achieve an ever more diverse and sustainable economy (the first two being achieved by the latter), then surely they must enable true equability (of treatment), for all....! In others words we can afford to own less...for much of what we "own" is ephemeral planned obsolescence anyway...can we not be happy that others are not suffering instead of experiencing "happiness" that is based on pushing the buttons of the pleasure principle as we demonstrate our superiority over them?.....We are children but much is infantile...no wonder the sciences of psychology and psychotherapy have suffered under the neo-con jackboot..we must not think "outside the box"! Message Thread: SEEDS: Lucid, easy-read common-sense about our future economic prospects. Quiet dynamite! - - Rhisiart Gwilym January 20, 2020, 11:16 am PS: The above is crucially relevant to anyone contemplating the 'reform or replace Labour' question- - Rhisiart Gwilym January 20, 2020, 11:27 am 'DomInic'! Sorry! NOM - Rhisiart Gwilym January 20, 2020, 11:59 am Paradigm Shift - Gerard January 20, 2020, 12:24 pm Re: Paradigm Shift - Gerard January 20, 2020, 12:40 pm "neolib-con" nm - Gerard January 20, 2020, 12:50 pm   Searching