Difference between revisions of "Existing scarcity"

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*Decent housing in slum areas
 
*Decent housing in slum areas
 
*High quality, interesting education
 
*High quality, interesting education
*Safe and efficient transportation that doesn't contribute to changing our climate
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*Safe and efficient transportation that doesn't kill passegers or contribute to changing our climate
 
*The facilities for people to do more things for themselves - we are too reliant on machines and products from big business
 
*The facilities for people to do more things for themselves - we are too reliant on machines and products from big business
 
*Resources to get things done that need to be done - at a community level {{em}} sounds a bit woolly but covers uncountable worthy projects that simply don't get done through lack of funds or bureaucratic interference
 
*Resources to get things done that need to be done - at a community level {{em}} sounds a bit woolly but covers uncountable worthy projects that simply don't get done through lack of funds or bureaucratic interference

Revision as of 21:36, 3 September 2007

So what surmountable scarcity exists today?

All the usual suspects, and a lot applies as much to Western countries as it does to the developing world.

  • Clean energy
  • Clean water
  • Nutritious food
  • Medicine and medical facilities
  • Decent housing in slum areas
  • High quality, interesting education
  • Safe and efficient transportation that doesn't kill passegers or contribute to changing our climate
  • The facilities for people to do more things for themselves - we are too reliant on machines and products from big business
  • Resources to get things done that need to be done - at a community level — sounds a bit woolly but covers uncountable worthy projects that simply don't get done through lack of funds or bureaucratic interference
  • Quality - quality products and architecture as examples.
  • Time - people's time. Time to follow things important to the individual. Time for other people.

Causes

  • Lack of appropriate technology
  • Locked-up resources
  • Short-term thinking
  • Inadequate co-operation
  • Self-interest (at many levels)
  • Beaurocracy
  • Lack of trust
  • Ignorance
  • Lack of communicating and sharing of knowledge
  • and perhaps surprisingly, and in no small part, monetary economics

See also