Tom - Thanks for the question. I meant to leave the definition of basic
economic security a bit open, but perhaps it would be helpful to all to
suggest that it might consist of secure access to the necessities of life
(realizing that what are 'necessities' can be forever--not very
usefully--debate
I know there's been some discussion from time to time on this list about
the way Norway, e.g., has been able to provide that security. Perhaps
those who are knowledgeable about that can provide us with some detail
about how it works and/or why it doesn't work as well as it might.
Certainly there
FWers - If we think it's important to ensure basic economic security for
all citizens of the industrialized 'have' nations, what suggestions do you
have as to how this should be accomplished?
Sally Lerner
Greetings,
There are some thoughts in Brad's response & Mike's post that I would
like to address. First is that wealth is viewed as token accumulations,
not the stuff that is eaten, used for shelters, .. bio-habitat in
general. The composition and distribution of the former seems to change
over g