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The New Economics of Plentitude (Juliet Schor)
This is a lecture by Juliet Schor who is one of the leading thinkers on “the plentitude economy”: https://centerforneweconomics.org/publications/the-new-economics-of-plentitude/
There’s also a video version on this page.
You can check out the Schumacher Center for losts of tweaks and alt-economic ideas.
centerforneweconomics.org
The New Economics of Plentitude - Schumacher Center for a New Economics
Schor critiques both the free-market and Keynesian paradigms of macroeconomics. She argues that in this day and age we need to construct new economic relationships, a new economics, which take into account ecological dangers, stagnation and inequality in the global … Continue reading
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What is the Gift Economy?
When we’re talking alt-economics, Robin Wall Kimmerer is one of the leading voices on gift economies. Here’s a decent podcast about her ideas:
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/robin-wall-kimmerers-manifesto-for-a-gift-economy/
freakonomics.com
Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Manifesto for a Gift Economy - Freakonomics
Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Manifesto for a Gift Economy - Freakonomics
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Neversink Farms: Intensive Sustainable Human-Scale Farming
@Etcetera an I were talking about the critical need for small-scale economies in food production for alt-economies — like of the solar-punk aesthetic thing. A leader in this is right in our area: Neversink Farm, developers of Neversink Tools (built in TN).
neversinkfarm.com
Organic vegetable farm in the Catskill Mountains hosting dinners, events, farm workshops. There is a fully stocked store onsite and we offer tours.
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We’ve been thinking about alt-economies related to environmental restoration. One idea was harvesting barberry which as herbal/medicinal applications. The problem is the labor involved in harvesting the roots from the bush is very high. To that end, we’re thinking about equipment as a force multiplier. Here are some of the ideas we need to…
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The Purpose That Cannot Be Stopped
What if the interruptions in your life are not evidence that God’s plan has failed but proof that His greater purpose is prevailing?
Let’s journey through Proverbs 19:21, Jeremiah 23:29, and Ephesians 3:17–20, uncovering the powerful Hebrew and Greek words that reveal God’s unshakable purpose:
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“What if the interruptions in your life are not evidence that God’s plan has failed but proof that His greater purpose is prevailing?”
I see this reality at work in Acts 16. From repeated holy disruption came the first church in Europe, hosted and advanced by praying women, a force for unity, generosity, and mission — fruit no man would…
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Thank you, Ben. Acts 16 is an excellent example. One nuance that especially gripped me while writing was that God’s purpose wasn’t rescued by the interruptions – it was never threatened by them. The interruptions themselves were already within His settled counsel (ʿetsah). That’s what has been ministering so deeply to me.
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