TheProblemOfScarcity

Excellent pair of essays by NathanLewis advocating a change in mind-set from CompetitiveThinking to collaborative thinking on how society should be organized.

• Part 1 : http://www.newworldeconomics.com/archives/2009/091309.html

• Part 2 : http://www.newworldeconomics.com/archives/2009/092009.html

• Earlier piece on same theme : http://www.newworldeconomics.com/archives/2007/070907.html

The suggestion is

• GoodUrbanism (especially ReallyNarrowStreets), leading to

• Cheaper, denser housing. (HighDensityLiving) Which in turn

• reduces energy and resource consumption (therefore more sustainable (shades of StewartBrand's WholeEarthDiscipline)

Some more interesting thinking :

• Problem with teeny farms : (OnAgriculture) http://www.newworldeconomics.com/archives/2010/032810.html (OnAgriculture)

• Overview : http://www.newworldeconomics.com/archives/2010/031410.html

See also :

• OnUrbanism, OnCities