Abundance

Overview Page

Concepts and Typology

See: Abundance - Typology

1. Derivative Abundance
2. Massive Abundance
3. Multiplicative Abundance
4. Pseudo Abundance
5. Psychic Abundance
6. Reproductive Abundance

See also:

• Demand Side of Abundance

Discussion Themes

Abundance vs. Scarcity

For an extensive discussion, see these pages:

• Abundance vs. Scarcity
• Scarcity

Also:

1. Abundance vs. Scarcity Mentality
2. Abundance Logic vs Scarcity Logic

Abundance in User Ownership theory

Patrick Anderson:

"Abundance means plenty for everyone.

Abundance can occur when Competition is perfect.

Competition is perfected by insuring every Consumer owns enough Physical Sources and has access to Virtual Sources for the production they need.

But abundance through perfect competition would also cause Profit to be zero because owners could not hold Price Above Cost.

So, a Mode Of Production that assumes or requires Profit cannot endure abundance, for as the society as a whole approaches success, the owners of the productive organizations that depend upon profit approach failure."

Resources

Articles

1. Roberto Verzola on Undermining vs. Developing Abundance
2. Beyond Information Abundance Essay: 21st-Century Political Economies: Beyond Information Abundance. by Roberto Verzola

An overview of the most important articles and essays published on the P2P Foundation blog:

Series 1:

http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/an-introduction-to-the-economics-of-abundance-1-the-supply-side/2009/12/05

http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/an-introduction-to-the-economics-of-abundance-2-the-demand-side/2009/12/06

Series 2:

http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/abundance-as-a-field-of-study-1/2008/11/21

http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/abundance-as-a-field-of-study-2-a-typology/2008/11/22

Series 3

http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-war-against-abundance-in-the-physical-world-1/2008/11/15

http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-war-against-abundance-in-the-physical-world-2-towards-policies-for-abundance/2008/11/16

Miscellaneous

http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/roberto-verzola-finite-demand-makes-relative-abundance-possible/2009/01/31

http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/from-gain-maximization-to-risk-minimization/2008/12/03

Books

1. Introduction to Economic Abundance Book: Economic Abundance: An Introduction. Authored by: William M. Dugger; James T. Peach

Key Books on Scarcity

Recommended by Dougald Hine [1]:

• In Illich's own work, Toward a History of Needs (1978) marks the emergence of a theme which runs through his later work. By focusing on "the sociogenesis of needs" (as he puts it in this article, written for the 20th anniversary of the Whole Earth Catalogue), he brings a historical perspective to the demand side of the scarcity equation.
• Michael Perelman, Marx, Malthus, and the Concept of Natural Resource Scarcity (1979).
• John Kincaid, 'Of Time, Body, and Scarcity: Policy Options and Theoretic Considerations' (1983).
• Nicholas Xenos's Scarcity and Modernity (1989).
• The Limits to Scarcity: Contesting the Politics of Allocation, edited by Lyla Mehta, is a collection due out in late 2010 which looks very interesting.

Movements

1. Abundance League

More Information

1. The Post-Scarcity Economics/Culture of Abundance Reading List v2.2
2. Post-Scarcity