i think what we could do is havet jobs guarantee with people investing in regenerative agriculture and alternative energy. You could potentially be paid in carbon credits that correspond to the amount of carbon they sequester. And you could tax, you cald impose taxes on those carbon credits that would drive the value up to a living wage. Could that model work in the united states towards all sorts of non just g d p as a metric of how much stuff we burn? i don't know what percentage of the population would also feel like their doing something of meaning instead of just frivolous consumption.
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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