Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 21:20:14 -0400 From: aPS <artspec-AT-lonekeep.com> Subject: Re: rejecting the crippling consequences of collectivism, but also the cramped domination of concentrated wealth { brad brace } wrote: > On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, aPS wrote: > > > (What Can Be Done?) > > Restore national controls over global capital. > ? > Tax wealth more, labor less. > > Stimulate global growth by boosting consumer demand from the bottom > up. > ? > Compel trading nations to accept more balanced trade relations and > absorb > more surplus production. > > Forgive the debtors, especially the hopeless cases among the very poor > > nations. > Who pays for it? > Reorganize monetary policy to confront the realities of a globalized > money supply, both to achieve greater stability and open the way to > greater growth. > Would that be against finite resources or optimistic predictions? > Defend labor rights in all markets, prohibit the ancient abuses > renewed > in the 'dark Satanic mills.' > > Withdraw from the old labor-capital battleground by universalizing > access > to capital ownership. > > Reformulate the idea of economic growth to escape the wasteful nature > of > consumption. > With recycling and innovation as a part of the production formula, optimistic predictions could become, if drawn realistically, a part of the globalized monetary policy. > And, in the meantime, defend work and wages an social protections > against > assaults by the marketplace. (william greider) > But it all sounds pretty ambitious. Tell us of (y)our progress. --- from list avant-garde-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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