Ecological economic techniques haven't yet made it into common political practice. Politicians still measure national economic progress with concepts from classical economics where resource depletion doesn't matter much or even at all. The unemployment rate is more well known that the actual numbers of Americans working that is quite low by traditional measures. Economic growth is measured primarily quantitatively; consuming resources prolifically and manufacturing product employing a lot of people for consumers is the traditional cycle although lately the financial and government sectors have swollen soaking up workers and people on government checks.s
Moving the economy toward sustainability and continuing standard of living, well-being, health and earnings levels would be a great change requiring much political adjusting and new ways of valuing and measuring economic elements. Quality rather than quantitative increase would be positively accentuated.
Usual business values increasing production while decreasing production cost. Often that means downsizing employees and increasing mass for throughput. New values reinforced with regulation would value more output with less input while not eliminating jobs. Employers don't usually search for ways to use resources most efficiently in regard to entropy or sustainability. National land use is a good example. Home building in the western states sprawls with inefficient dwelling destroying vast stretches of wild habitat thoughtlessly. Canadian logs have been milled and imported to build homes in some cases, believe it or not.
The state of Washington has a population today greater than 7 million. The Interstate from Oregon to Seattle is littered with trucks and cars. Puget Sound's waters are moribund. And there is no ecological economic leadership whatsoever. Token recycling and a grade -C applied economic is a pincers moving outward to meet with the sprawls from elsewhere.
Moving the economy toward sustainability and continuing standard of living, well-being, health and earnings levels would be a great change requiring much political adjusting and new ways of valuing and measuring economic elements. Quality rather than quantitative increase would be positively accentuated.
Usual business values increasing production while decreasing production cost. Often that means downsizing employees and increasing mass for throughput. New values reinforced with regulation would value more output with less input while not eliminating jobs. Employers don't usually search for ways to use resources most efficiently in regard to entropy or sustainability. National land use is a good example. Home building in the western states sprawls with inefficient dwelling destroying vast stretches of wild habitat thoughtlessly. Canadian logs have been milled and imported to build homes in some cases, believe it or not.
The state of Washington has a population today greater than 7 million. The Interstate from Oregon to Seattle is littered with trucks and cars. Puget Sound's waters are moribund. And there is no ecological economic leadership whatsoever. Token recycling and a grade -C applied economic is a pincers moving outward to meet with the sprawls from elsewhere.
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