Conversations With History: Natural Capitalism

[Contradiction11]

This man makes sense. Efficiency in moving and producing liquid capital will peak off at near nil at the nano age, however the factor missing from this naive scientist's mind is pure greed, AKA the Federal Reserve. Business is led by a few hundred people who hold the key to all "value", people who charge interest on capital.......

interest

on

capital.

[meagieweb]

....... to one or many of the world's woes, do not shoot them down.

At least Amory Lovins and people like him are doing something rather than just philosophising and spitting empty rhetoric.

Capitalism as it operates around the world at the moment may be far from perfect, but it's all we have to work with right now...

[meagieweb]

i don't understand people who insist on commenting here from uptop their perceived moral mountain and damn lovins, and others, as being nothing but greed mongering dirty capitalists..

if you think you can convince everybody in the world to give up all their material goods and denounce capitalism you are kidding yourself. by all means have these sociological, philosophical discussions between your like-minded friends, but when someone proposes a realistic, effective solution......

[bajawind]

americans know nothing about capitalism--being from a PAY-FOR-PLAY (read corrupt) protectionist republic. china is a more capitalist state than the US.

[GaiusIuliusTaberna]

Don't blame me, I'm for free trade.

[Scientisticsoviet]

@bajawind China has many large state owned enterprises (including most of the large banks in the country), and incents private foreign companies by giving them subsidies and protection. Just recently the country spent over half a trillion dollars in a stimulus package.

[MarkoKraguljac]

Interesting topic. Tho almost nothing new was said. It would be very exciting to get deeper into mentioned subjects and speculate on possible solutions to some serious current and future obstacles. I fully support the idea that leading researchers and advisors should be curious and passionate jacks-of-all-trades capable of grasping the whole rather then autistic specialists no mater now genius or dedicated they are.

[myxomata]

So-called "free market capitalism" is as much as religion as it is an economic system, in that it is a system of belief based on a series of myths.

[oleinfidel]

So...Lovin's claim to fame is coming up with way & means for capitalists to make a higher profit margins whilst raping other countries and peoples resources, by the avoidance of having to parachute in.... cats...

..and for all this, the 'system' heaps doctorites, diplomas and ribbons on he and his ilk. thereby deluding academia further.

lovely.

[homerthompsonman]

Another apologist for unbridled greed.

There is nothing natural about man's attempt to function beyond the natural all-against-all of nature. Why the FUCK do these guys keep thinking they can come up with new and improved ways to de-civilize human relations?

Restraint is needed.  And if one cannot be trusted (and no one can) then rules are needed.

And they will need constant re-negotiation.

Human will does not respond to grand theories and capital always accumulates.

[MRSketch09]

You hear that guy go over all those awards, but not once do you see Amory Lovins Smile...

Yes, the cheaper the service comes, the better they come, the more the competitors will lobby congress/federal government, the more the government/congress will step in to f**k things up to make it "fair" for everyone; To put it bluntly.

Which if you check out mises(dot)org there's a story about how our rail road system started up that shows an example of this perfectly.

Great Video!