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The proposed redesign describes a radically different economic structure (and the bold
steps that could be taken to get there ) that attempts to remedy said flaws /
misalignments and others.
For a fuller paper on the philosophical founding of the biocompatible economy in relation
to current economic origin / design contact elbe@gaiacooperative.com
1. Transition phase
It is important to understand some of the measures in stage one in light of the
primary mechanism for wealth creation that would be introduced in stage two :
bio impact tax and accreditation mechanism (BITAM) , whereby , as an industry
or activity starts to increase the health of living systems credit /money is earned.
Thus, of course, increases in the money in the system are directly linked to
increases in existent wealth - the renewable resource base / the carrying capacity
of earth; and those activities that deteriorate the health of living systems are
quantified and taxed accordingly .
i) Global forget debt day : all debt is cancelled from the top to the bottom , countries
to individual . creditors are reimbursed by computer design, of course in most
cases this is the banking institutions. so, the money in the system is thus
doubled. and no more money is created as debt banks have to lend on the basis
of actual capital . suggest banks as public service institutions , loans interest free
until stage two when the money supply can legitimately support the addition of
interests (by decentralized wealth creation aka : bitam ) . Budget allocation for the
repayment of debt incurred by governments / between countries should be ring
fenced entirely to invest in regeneration projects towards environmentally and
economically sustainable communities. ( Here I refer mainly, although perhaps
not exclusively , to very poor communities. eg. Those a), too poor to have
incurred personal debt and thus marginalized by GFDD , and b), so poor they will
willingly work for poverty or starvation wages. :Those having been trapped and
marginalized by today’s economy.) Clearly, skills transfer will be an integral part
of that
ii) Inflation is capped and we establish the value of materials based on the energy
input inc. labor against money in the system now
v) Govts. Provide the start up capital for either private or state owned Bio impact
assessment institutions, which during transition phase would be intensively
concerned with determining the method and the calculations to accurately
approximate an activities impact on living systems and appropriately correlate the
tax and credits both to the bio impact and the value of materials. And then of
course training a work force to do this assessment in the field including
conducting feasibility studies /test runs.
vi) Many new clean energy solutions propose to make use of sources of vastly
abundant biocompatible energy, such as geo thermal energy or advanced solar
technologies. To ensure equitability in this new trajectory a publicly funded global
energy institution should be set up , first to research and then, gradually, to
implement the long term aim of providing clean safe energy for all at cost.
Taken together , the idea is that part a and part b create, by the
conditions of abundance, support, transparency, increase of biological
resources and health, cooperation and greater equality, a system which
allows or facilitates the development of humans more cooperative nature
……. And ultimately a more tangible grasp on the unified nature of
reality.(see stage three.)
Stage three
Trajectories :
The element of wealth creation in the model, as it stands, is unsustainable and is in
effect more a rebalancing act. At some stage BPC / money in the system increases to
the point that the supply of money has overtaken the productive capacity. (This could
really take some time to arrive at as resource use becomes regenerative and increased
in efficiency, as we employ recycling and the productive use of waste streams. ) That is
to say once there is more money in the system than the combined value of goods
produced
Possible Trajectory # 1) At this point we could carry on increasing the money supply
until money is so abundant as to be effectively obsolete. Theoretically, we would be in a
position to do away with the monetary system and to asses the most intelligent use and
distribution of resources (Having advanced the science of bio impact assessment as
related to productivity we would be well placed to understand such an allocation,)
importantly, coming from a perspective of abundance and equal entitlement. (*1) This
trajectory does ,however, depend on certain elements having been established which are
at this stage uncertain.
psychological
• The prevailing psychological impetus would have to have shifted from competitive
this is possible given that we would have been collectively experiencing
abundance (*2) and given that the focus of our economic survival will have been
on biological health, that is to say, on balance symbiosis and health and on the
cooperative model.
• Another important factor that stands in favor of the likelihood of this kind of
further development in consciousness is that advancement in intelligence by
definition entails a clearer and broader perception of objective reality and thus by
proxy recognition of our equality and the overall increased efficiency of the
cooperative mindset. This is not the whole story as it may be that for many
reasons emotional intelligence remains stymied while technical intelligence
advances. This does not enable a clear perception of objective reality to
accompany ones understanding. This can be dangerous. However, the
experience of abundance within families does decrease the instance of emotional
abuse and neurosis. Thereby probably increasing the natural growth of emotional
health and morality in individuals and society.
• This kind of overall direction of evolution would, in the proposed scenario of a
money free economy, be exceptionally important as it is an uber cooperative
system. In nature , we see that cooperative systems need to be either policed as
with ants or, rigidly instinctual as is apparent in ground hogs (see krebs and
davies …) . As they are vulnerable to collapse if any member takes advantage
of the system motivated by competitive self interest. Humans are not rigidly
instinctual and you may be unlikely to find many volunteer police.
• We have spoken about the competitive self interested level of thinking and
natural dynamic (around which we have built our present economy) and how from
a broader perspective individuals merge in to systemic entities – the level at
which humans are operating today, and the basis for the model described in
stage two.- But there is a third level at which we see systemic entities are also
mergent (the water cycle becomes animal, vegetable mineral, the food chain and
the forests, become geology, becomes water etc.) in which distinctions serve
only the purpose of analysis and conversation . This we will call the unified
perspective the mergent and thoroughly objective level of reality. There is
evidence that people are capable of operating from this perspective. The human
experience of unity is called love. From this perspective, fully integrated, the
impetus for deceit and subterfuge is gone, as is the urge for unwarranted power
and domination. The well being of another is perceived as it is, to be completely
as important as ones own, and the well being of the whole more important again.
If we focus on taking steps to realize this level of consciousness objectivity (see
full doc stage 2 point 8 ) we will be having a stable basis for a money free
economy. I believe it is not so far fetched. But it is also not necessarily
imperative that we all reach this saintly level of vision and function for a money
free economy to work ,only that the system serves us well and that by and large
there has been notable progression on this front . As it stands this is all clearly
opinion and here say and research is required.
Technological
a money free economy :
• would have to have automated most of the monotonous and /or physically
degrading tasks
• would have to have enough data and interlinked advanced computerized
decision making programs to make objective optimal solutions regarding
technical problems and resource use.
It is important to note that in a monetary economy there will naturally be serious
problems of job loss as technology advances. However with widespread wealth and
consequently broad access to training and higher education this could be potentially
largely mitigated.