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Category Archives: Dialectic

Price as the Cost of Mobilizing People (Pt. 3 of “Why a Just and Sustainable Society Cannot be Based on Swapping Things”)

10 December, 2015by R. Salisbury 1 Comment

Even among those who acknowledge the myriad of problems inherent to the market system, it is still viewed by many as an indispensible tool, both on the left and the […]

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Criticism of others, Dialectic

The Ethics of Profit in the Real World

17 March, 2015by R. Salisbury Leave a comment

A typical defense of capitalism is that profit is always nearly, or according to some unfortunate Koch-heads, perfectly, aligned with ethics, or is otherwise in some way naturally beneficent.  The […]

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Dialectic, Natural Economic Theory, Progress: A Fair Treatment

GMOs and Technological Change

7 March, 2015by R. Salisbury Leave a comment

Genetically-modified organisms have been the buzz again lately on my Facebook feed, so I’ve been thinking more about the subject and its implications: Obviously, there is lots of scientific support […]

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Dialectic

My most succinct definition of Priority Theory of Value

11 February, 2015by R. Salisbury Leave a comment

Products and services are valued most rationally according to their centrality* to people.

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Dialectic, Natural Economic Theory

Degree of a transfer (Infographic)

23 January, 2015by R. Salisbury Leave a comment
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Dialectic, Examples, Natural Economic Theory

Introduction to Transferics

10 October, 2014by R. Salisbury Leave a comment

This is a preview of the introductory section to my book:

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Dialectic, Natural Economic Theory

Transition Structure #2: The Crowdfunding Bank, or “Knab”

28 February, 2014by R. Salisbury Leave a comment

A recent article by Charles Hugh Smith describes how banks have become obsolete, and how they might be replaced in today’s high-tech world.  It has gotten me thinking the last […]

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Dialectic, Natural Economic Theory, VIAAC Theory

Understanding Donor Systems of Value and Priority Theory

6 January, 2014by R. Salisbury 7 Comments

Economics is a study that is of course concerned with how resources are allocated in a society.  There are many different “theories of value”, such as the well-known marginal utility […]

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Dialectic, Natural Economic Theory

Aspects of a Natural Economy

3 October, 2013by R. Salisbury Leave a comment

I still feel much of what I’ve written is not accessible to the general public.  This post will focus on an easily understandable overview of what defines a natural economy […]

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Bridging the Divide, Dialectic, Natural Economic Theory

Rethinking our Priorities.

13 September, 2013by R. Salisbury Leave a comment

The job I held before my current one was working as a server (among other things) in a high-end bakery.  My boss, the sous chef, loved to bake; she also […]

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Dialectic, Natural Economic Theory, Progress: A Fair Treatment, VIAAC Theory

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