[p2p-research] Interesting books

[Michel Bauwens]

kevin carson just reminded me of this:
http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/three-works-on-abundance-and-technological-unemployment-part-one-william-dugger-and-james-t-peach/2010/03/27

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 2:28 AM, Roberto Verzola <rverzola at gn.apc.org>wrote:

> My copy of the book is out on loan now, but in general, Dugger and Peach
> equate abundance to sufficiency; their focus is on inequality; and their
> main advocacy is universal employment. Here's a more detailed description of
> Economic Abundance by Dugger and Peach I got from google:
>
> Most principles of economics texts are predicated narrowly on the concept
> of scarcity as a fundamental force, but that is only one aspect of
> economics. This supplemental text for basic and intermediate level
> undergraduates provides a serious discussion of the concept of abundance -
> what it means, how we can move toward it, and what keeps us from doing so.
> The authors first outline the development of the concept of abundance and
> its meaning with discussions of the roles of population, resources, and the
> environment. Then they consider why abundance escapes us, focusing on the
> detrimental roles of four predatory behaviors - classism, nationalism,
> sexism, and racism. As a remedy, they propose a policy of universal
> employment as a replacement for full employment, and explore the effects of
> pushing the unemployment rate down to absolute zero.
>
> I'm sending you my Berlin paper and the transcript of my talk separately.
> I'm working on a final version that will incorporate my comments and other
> suggestions from Berlin participants.
>
>
> Greetings to all,
>
> Roberto Verzola
>
>
>  Michel Bauwens wrote:
>
>> hi roberto, I already featured both wolfgang and juliet's books as books
>> of the week on the p2p foundation blog, but am not aware of the third you
>> are mentioning,
>>  can you send extra info on: William Dugger and James Peach's Economic
>> Abundance
>>  also, can you resend your own essay from berlin,
>>  Perhaps we can construct a bibliography on abundance to co-publish on the
>> p2p wiki?
>>  Michel
>>
>
>


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