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140: The Growth Imperative

Feb 04, 2009 15:23

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carbon shift, thomas homer-dixon

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Ecological Succession arconaught February 5 2009, 01:36:50 UTC

Hello KMO ( ... )

Re: Ecological Succession kmo February 5 2009, 17:39:26 UTC

Hi, arconaught. I forwarded your comment to Thomas Homer-Dixon. His response:Very impressive comment, KMO. You clearly have a thoughtful audience. Thanks!

Thank you for listening.

Hardly a new thought for this blog, but... kmo February 6 2009, 15:27:49 UTC

...I like the way John Michael Greer worded this:The most insightful and thus inevitably the most vilified of the 1970s collapse literature, The Limits to Growth was the first book I know of to point out the central paradox of a perpetual growth economy: if economic growth is pursued far enough, the costs of further growth begin to rise faster than its benefits, and eventually force the growth economy to its knees.

A comment for Thomas Homer Dixon toucansanctuary February 6 2009, 20:19:34 UTC

Hey KMO ( ... )

Re: A comment for Thomas Homer Dixon kmo February 8 2009, 01:13:10 UTC

In response to your comment Thomas Homer-Dixon wrote:He's right about the general issue of debt and growth, I believe. We use growth to amortize debt of all kinds, including national debt, and it's not clear how we can have the kind of financial system we have currently without growth.

Thanks. Again, a really thoughtful listener. Says a lot about your program.

Tad

Re: A comment for Thomas Homer Dixon toucansanctuary February 8 2009, 14:25:24 UTC

Thanks for the response!

TS