The main input to our economy is the non renewable carbon pulse sort of materials. As as eroi declines, society wide, inflation is the inverse of that. So i think in lation and the inability of poorer people to afford basic things is very much in our future. We just can't possibly allow we just have too much demand for too few resources.
Show Summary:
On this episode we meet with ecological economist and Professor in Community Development & Applied Economics and Public Administration, Josh Farley.
Money. What is it? Where does it come from? How is it created? How is it tethered to our biophysical balance sheet? What is on the horizon with our monetary system? How might we create and use money differently in the future during a source and sink contained system? Josh Farley explains it all - and explains how the links between money, energy, and the economy will become more central in our lives.
Click here to listen to Josh and Nate’s first conversation.
About Josh Farley:
Joshua Farley is an ecological economist and Professor in Community Development & Applied Economics and Public Administration at the University of Vermont. He is the President of the International Society for Ecological Economics.
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