Sunday, March 08, 2009

Global Economy

Environmental imperatives
have always dictated our social contracts.

There are natural laws of non-trespass that all living organisms (other than parasites)
are subject to.

During the Stone Age
family groups of hunter/gatherers each established their own territorial boundaries.
Those boundaries were determined via a symbiotic arrangement with Nature. (Their annual circuit around their territory had to allow time for plant and animal recovery.) This determined the size of each territory -larger in arid regions and smaller in clement regions.

Population increases resulted in a gradual migration up Africa, into Europe Asia and the rest of the world.

Over-crowding in more fertile regions led to the invention of on Agri-based economy
Clan boundaries were established

Clan Agriculture led eventually to national boundaries, craftsmanship, and an industrial-based economy.

National over-crowding led to imperialism and international colonies and high-tec economies.

We are now faced with globalization and the end of man-made boundaries

The global economy of the future will be based on independently managed eco-boundaries,
Each eco-system will be determined by its own water tables with its economy based on the optimum uses of sustainable resources. Trade will be based on surplus production.