Arthur Cordell wrote: > The challenge is to "redefine profitablity" Who does it? How is it done?
State and NGOs. I think the "data" is basically there. > Where do the funds come from to pay for non-profitable "social" work? How > are they distributed? >From taxes that are related to the problem that is to be solved. E.g. tobacco taxes are already being used to fund anti-smoking programs. Eco-taxes can be used to fund ecological clean-up operations and R&D for clean technologies. Public acceptance is of course a problem, but if it can be shown that the socio-environmental benefits of these measures outweigh the costs (according to the rule that repairing a damage is more expensive than avoiding it), the public will accept such taxes much rather than if the funds are to be used for free hand-outs (BI) without a visible/effective "ROI". --- Darryl wrote: > I must have missed your suggestion (the Swiss one). Could you tell me the > date you sent it 4-Dec: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg13222.html Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
