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[Converted from multipart/alternative] [1 text/plain] Hi Diego, Roberto is pointing to research showing that there are natural and subjective constraints governing consumption, but that the current set-up overrides them. The text is worth reading, you will see, It's really about policies which reinforce these natural tendencies, rather than constantly nudging us into overconsumption, Michel On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Diego Saravia <diego.saravia gmail.com>wrote:
[Converted from multipart/alternative] [1 text/plain] 2009/5/5 Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 gmail.com>[Converted from multipart/alternative] [1 text/plain] Diego,ok a lot to study, but I will focus on ** *"But I contend that consumer demand is not infinite. There exist physical, physiological, psychological and cultural limits - both actual and potential - to consumption which can keep individual as well as collective needs and wants within finite bounds.* *If demand is finite, then satisfying this demand becomes a real possibility, and relative abundance is within reach."* ** *thats not true, absolutly* ** *we need 4 earth to put all humankind on north american way of life.* ** *see Wilson, bottleneck * *http://www.pbs.org/thinktank/transcript1021.html * I only have one material desire. I want a plane. I want a plane to do international travel, fast its impossible that all humans get what they want. -- Diego Saravia Diego.Saravia gmail.com NO FUNCIONA->dsa unsa.edu.ar [2 text/html] _________________________________ Web-Site: http://www.oekonux.org/ Organization: http://www.oekonux.de/projekt/ Contact: projekt oekonux.de
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