Smári McCarthy on the Failures of the Materials Economy and How We Fix Them

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Podcast via http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2009/03//425573.mp3


Description

"Smári McCarthy, The End of (artificial) Scarcity: The Failures of the Materials Economy and How We Fix Them

What is the functional model of our society and how can subtle changes to it's underlying principles alter it significantly? Are the assumptions we make, often unknowingly, correct, and if not, why are they so readily accepted and what can be done to change that? In this talk I aim to dismantle our conceptions about our sociopolitical reality and propose five alternatives fueled by a single uniting factor, providing a roadmap towards a new monetary system, a new economic model, a new legislative system, a new judicial system and a new executive authority system." (http://www.oekonux-conference.org/program/events/37.en.html)

Presentation slides (not yet posted): http://www.yaxic.org/talks/2009/03oekonux/slides.odp