Re: Walking gently - what does it take? | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Alexander Robin A (alexande.robiuwlax.edu) | |
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 15:55:57 -0700 (PDT) |
You have to excuse some of us academics who actually believe the economic models and perfect markets where price is the best indicator. We've been brainwashed too long. :) Robin Alexander ________________________________ From: Brian Bartholomew [mailto:bb [at] stat.ufl.edu] Sent: Mon 7/2/2007 4:32 PM To: Cohousing-L Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Walking gently - what does it take? Brian> price in dollars is generally the best measure of resource use Catya> Sadly, This is really not true. Look at the difference between Catya> goods made locally vs goods made in China - clearly there is Catya> more resource use simply to transport the goods from China, but Catya> they are significantly cheaper. No, that is NOT clear to me. To make this argument you'd need to show measurements of how much oil and human work hours it takes to move a ship of containers from China. Make sure you count every human being who has ever touched any precursor of this ship, including all the heavy and light industry, and all the metal back to the mines. Do not use money prices anywhere in your analysis. This analysis is a fractal amount of work, and it is impossible to do. The closest approximation we have to subtotals of resource use is money prices. See also: http://www.econlib.org/Library/Essays/rdPncl1.html Brian _________________________________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/
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- Re: Walking gently - what does it take? Saoirse, July 1 2007
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Re: Walking gently - what does it take? Brian Bartholomew, July 2 2007
- Re: Walking gently - what does it take? Catya Belfer-Shevett, July 2 2007
- Re: Walking gently - what does it take? Brian Bartholomew, July 2 2007
- Re: Walking gently - what does it take? Alexander Robin A, July 2 2007
- Re: Walking gently - what does it take? Catya Belfer-Shevett, July 2 2007
- Re: Walking gently - what does it take? Kay Argyle, July 3 2007
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