Archive for November, 2020

Scenarios of Degrowth

Wednesday, November 25th, 2020

Prosperity in the Western world (aka the American Way of Life) has been in decline for decades, and no government since Nixon has done anything significant about it. Nor could they, in the long run. As any oil geologist knows, it is all about the end of cheap energy. All policies attempted simply to kick [...]

The quality of peasant life: a scenario for survival

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

Histories of peasant life that characterize it as nasty, brutish and short ignore the vast variety around the world of peasant quality of life and attendant differences in environment, social organization and culture. Differences of degree of overlordship alone range from several layers of overlords to complete autonomy. It is just this great variety, the [...]