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There is a great old book of essay #TowardsLiberalEducation that got started in 1945 I think. The first editions ended with #LewisMumford's The #BasisOfRenewal a chapter from his book The #ConditionOfMan. (I wonder if some of the 60s activism was set up by good reading like this from the 40's on?) Mumford says how #JSMill's #SteadyState economy should have used terms like #DynamiEquilibrium instead: like for beaches and living organisms I guess. #SteadyStateEconomy .
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If I ever get back to Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything, while reading Kohei Saito's Anthropocene book (人新世の資本論), I think she brings up Steady State Economics too. Saito's book feels faster and harder hitting because he doesn't bother with USA politics and moron thinktanks like Klein does. I'll have to see if #DanOneil's #SteadyStateEconomy is in Klein's book too: #EnoughIsEnough
https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/see/staff/1459/dr-dan-o-neill
Dr Dan O'Neill | School of Earth and Environment | University of Leeds

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> According to "Mill, the #StationaryState was.. inevitable, necessary and desirable:. mankind had to learn how to reduce its size and its level of consumption within the boundaries set by nature.. desirable, as it would ease the introduction of public income redistribution schemes, create more equality.. the human spirit would be liberated to the benefit of more elevated social and cultural activities, 'the graces of life'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steady-state_economy#John_Stuart_Mill's_concept
#SteadyStateEconomy #JSMill
Steady-state economy - Wikipedia

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