Resource-Based Economic Model

In short...

A Resource-Based Economy (RBE) can be defined as the Scientific Method applied to human concern.

History

The term was coined by Jacque Fresco, creator of The Venus Project. A similar idea was also proposed by Buckminster Fuller.

Fundamental values

1. Sustainability
2. The Earth and all of its resources are considered the common heritage of all of the world's people
3. Authority can be given, but only at the personal level, and never taken, imposed, or delegated
4. An assumption of shared responsibility for having all the world's people's needs met
5. Agreement that society as a whole is causal and responsible for any aberrant behaviour an any individual
6. A preference for a supportive rather than punitive attitude towards those who manifest aberrant behaviours