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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 05:26 AM Original message |
A Darkening Future: Why Growth Still Feels Like a Recession |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Nothing has ended. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 05:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. i'll whip myself up a train immediately. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 06:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. groups of people made trains originally |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. yes, they did: but not from scratch. people had developed the underlying skills |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. large urban areas are ultimately unsustainable, at least given how they're currently engineered |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 07:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. No house, no land, no job. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 08:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I can empathize with your situation, having been there myself |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. No problem at all other than it does nothing to address the cause leaving untold millions |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. +100000 |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. you need seeds, pots, decent soil & a light & water source, & if you think |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. that very well may be |
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rtw (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I agree with preparing |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. BP, WMD, housing bubbles, etc-- we live in |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. it ain't incompetence |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because the "growth" fetish is pointless |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Who the fuck needs economic growth beyond population growth? And are they a majority? nt |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 02:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Growth has its good points |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. True. I was implicitly assuming that the wealth produced today would already be plenty |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. i'd rather be middle class 150 years ago. they lived longer than the poor do today, on average. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. capitalists. that's how they make their money; either the economy grows or they need |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Glaucon made that point in The Republic |
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mstinamotorcity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. As long as we are |
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Wounded Bear (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-10-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. The economy is about what to expect..... |
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