Economic Conceptions
Here is a collection of economic conceptions that we can be aware of.
Leland Beaumont
Leland Beaumont has published a series of articles overviewing aspects of economics.
Shortcomings of market economies
In response to Stephen Schwartz. Déjà Voodoo Economics., he noted shortcomings of market economies.
- Important externalities are too often excluded from our financial calculations. See: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Living_Wisely/Economic_Faults
- Nothing in the market system ensures that worker’s basic needs are met. See: https://lelandbeaumont.substack.com/p/find-work-or-starve-8fa99a4551be
- The productivity dividend is too often captured by a few. See: https://lelandbeaumont.substack.com/p/who-owns-the-productivity-dividend
- Ponzi schemes are hidden in our economic systems. See: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Living_Wisely/Genesis_of_Debt
Leland recommends
- The book Sacred economics by Charles Eisenstein got me thinking on this topic.
- Jim Rutt has done some thinking on this. Here are my notes from his work:
He has written Wikiversity courses
More aspects of economics
- Leland Beaumont. The Story of Debt. Describes how we create debt faster than we create money.
- http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/https:/www.librarything.com/list/1167/all/Rethinking-Money Rethinking Money Recommended book list.
- Economic Faults <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/http:/www.bestthinking.com/thinkers/leland-r-beaumont?tab=blog&blogpostid=21782>, a blog post by Leland R. Beaumont describing fundamental flaws in our economic systems.
- Lynchpin <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/http:/www.globalcircle.org/blog/?p=367>, advocates leveraging economic transformation to attain a broader transformation.
- From a Failed Growth Economy to a Steady-State Economy <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/http:/www.eoearth.org/view/article/51cbedd27896bb431f6942d8/>, article by Herman E. Daly
- The Story of Debt <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/http:/www.bestthinking.com/thinkers/leland-r-beaumont?tab=blog&blogpostid=21924>, describes how we create debt faster than we create money.
- Reforming Taxation to Promote Growth and Equity <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/http:/rooseveltinstitute.org/sites/all/files/Stiglitz_Reforming_Taxation_White_Paper_Roosevelt_Institute.pdf>, Roosevelt Institute White Paper, May 28, 2014, by Joseph E. Stiglitz
- Watch Joseph Stiglitz <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/http:/billmoyers.com/episode/joseph-e-stiglitz-let%E2%80%99s-stop-subsidizing-tax-dodgers/> on Bill Moyers & Company
- An Unlikely Tale <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/http:/www.bestthinking.com/thinkers/leland-r-beaumont?tab=blog&blogpostid=21854>, tells the story of how statesmanship could help solve two huge problems.
- Steve Keen's Debtwatch <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/http:/www.debtdeflation.com/>, analyzing the collapse of the Global Debt Bubble.
- Diagrams & Dollars: modern money illustrated <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/http:/neweconomicperspectives.org/2014/01/diagrams-dollars-modern-money-illustrated-part-1.html>, New Economic Perspectives <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/http:/neweconomicperspectives.org/>.
- Limits to Growth <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/https:/en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Limits_To_Growth>
- Grand Challenges <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/https:/en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Grand_challenges>
- Steve Keen's Debunking Economics <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/http:/www.debunkingeconomics.com/>
- Genesis of Debt <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/http:/www.bestthinking.com/thinkers/leland-r-beaumont?tab=blog&blogpostid=21781>, a story of how debt began and continues to grow.
- Economics and Economic Justice <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/http:/plato.stanford.edu/entries/economic-justice/>, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Share the Fracking Wealth <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/http:/www.globalcircle.org/blog/?author=2&paged=2>, proposing an economic solution to the fracking debate.
- Reinventing Money <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/http:/reinventingmoney.com/>, Demystifying Money and Liberating Exchange
- Rethinking Economics <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/https:/www.facebook.com/rethinkecon> a collaboration working to reinvigorate economics.
- Growing Support for Monetary Reform <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/http:/www.jamesrobertson.com/newsletter.htm#monetaryreform>, James Robertson Newsletter
- Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/http:/steadystate.org/>
- Print Less but Transfer More <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/http:/www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141847/mark-blyth-and-eric-lonergan/print-less-but-transfer-more>, Why central banks should give money directly to the people.
- The confidential report on Systemic Risk and Bank Supervision <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/https:/www.documentcloud.org/documents/1303305-2009-08-18-frbny-report-on-systemic-risk-and.html> Columbia professor David Beim wrote for the New York Fed in 2009
- What if jobs are not the solution but the problem? <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/https:/aeon.co/essays/what-if-jobs-are-not-the-solution-but-the-problem>, James Livingston, November 25, 2016 Aeon
- Money is so pervasive, yet our economic systems contain so many faults <http://web.archive.org/web/20170716163644/http:/www.bestthinking.com/thinkers/leland-r-beaumont?tab=blog&blogpostid=21782> that we must begin rethinking money. This page collects a variety of resources that can help us understand the problem, explore and evaluate a variety of solutions, and take action.
- https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Natural_Inclusion
- https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Limits_To_Growth/Earth_at_One_Billion