Talk:Resource-Based Economic Model

I will read this more carefully at some point and find a place to insert a section for core fundamentals of an RBE.

The first one that springs to mind is the respect and valuing of individual autonomy, which differentiates an RBE from socialism which is collectivist. An RBE isn't really an RBE if it doesn't respect the freedom of the individual. This is very important, as any system, however well planned and intentioned, always turns fascist when it doesn't value the autonomy and sovereignty of individual human beings.

The second is that an RBE isn't an RBE without economics predominantly based on abundance. As an RBE is about catering to the interests of the whole of humanity, rather than the interests of a select few. This is an element an RBE shares with socialism. But it's a case of collective good by way of individual freedom, rather than trying to reach an ideal of collective good and forcing it on the collective, which is ultimately therefore not in the interest of the collective anyway, because the collective is made up of individuals.

The term "Resource Based Economy" is based on the assumption that resources are for the most part abundant. So in order to be more clear, one could use the term "Abundant Resources Based Economy", or "Abundant Resources Based Economics".

Some good videos on the topic of abundance in economics, explaining what it is, and why it's important:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc&noredirect=1

http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_diamandis_abundance_is_our_future.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmSzqMLA670

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2xJ1CnVfsk&NR=1&feature=endscreen

And here's David Suzuki describing how conventional economics is divorced from the wholistic interests of the worlds people: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se55CCdfaOA