Without discrimination, we live in a monolithic world populated by blind people addicted to single issues capable of being summarized in 15 second sound bytes. Return to Topics . The contemporary debate over the economy in The United States centers around what rate of growth should be achieved. The principle underlying growth is expansion. Expansion presupposes increase, in markets and consumption.
Logic dictates that the planet's space and resources are limited.
It is only a matter of time until space becomes filled and resources, exhausted. Yet work has not begun on developing an economic theory based upon a principle other than expansion. Such a theory would have to be predicated upon a primary value other than acquisition or consumption. It would have to find a competing value strong enough to grasp humanity's allegiance. Perhaps life might even have to develop meaning again.