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SALL IS BEUIFUL
Economic a f Popl Mattrd
E F. SCHUMCHE
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Contnt
ntrodcton heodoe Roak
PART I THE MODERN WORLD
Probm o Pro<o
2 P a Prm 3
3. T Ro of Eoomc s Eonomi 53
5 Qion o S
PART II ROURCE
ratt Ror-Edcatio 7
T Propr o Lan 2
3 Ror or n try 8
N Enrgy-Slton or Danaon
Tcnology wh Hm
ART III TH THRD WORLD
Dvlopmnt
Socl n conomc Problm lng
or Dlopmn o
Inrmit Tnoogy3 To Miion Vllag
4 Problm o nploymn n nd
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PAR IV ORGANSAON AN OWNERSH
1 A Ma e e ? 223
Twads a T f age-Sal
Ogasai 241
3. Sas 25
4 Owesp 262
Nw as Ows 272
pg 293
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IodcoTheodor Roszak
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aly llows th oomsts t tak th p bsd tphysists, hmists ad biologsts Jstiyi th wawad o bha f th Nl Committ, Posso ELdb bsd tht "oi si hs dvlopdsgy i t dt f a mathmail satid statisl qatatio o om otxts. ts
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ics wih which mos aymen may be amiia. The iniiapz was hen gien o wo Euopean economiss whoseaim ad ben "o ed economic ho mahemacasgncy and o ende i i a fom ha peis mpca
uanicaon and a aisica esng o hypohesesn so honoing he economiss h Nobe Commieas doing no moe han endosing a concepon o ecnomics ha decision mes in goemen and busnesha hed an aced upon a eas since Wod Wa .Ohe noyescienicenough behioa scieniss migh
env h conomiss ei saus Nobe aueaes buen moe so ey ae ap o co em he pigedaccess he coidos o powe Today hee is no omen in any ndia sociey whch does no ha icounpa o he Aeican Counci o Ecnomc Adsos whe conom poicy can supposedy be ouad
ih poessiona pecison aending he discussiono puey echnica o cienic uesions Und h uag o he conomic counseos poiica eades manipua discou as and h money suppy wih hcodenc o spac scienis a Cap Kennedy pushing hbuo ad howing he swches whic guid ocke shp
o h moon and hom ike he physiciss engies andopaions anayss h economiss ha bom an ndispensabe pa o he new indusia sae's panopy oexpeis How my o us can een magine a psideniapess conenc on h sae o he conomy whee asuus o Poesso Lundbegs mahemaica specca
on and saisica quicaion is no he ode o day?
Fo hos whom conomics mans a book ed winumbes chas gaphs and omuae ogehe wih mucheady dscussio o absac ecicaiis ike he baanco paymens and goss naiona poduc his emakab
coecion o essays ceain o come eihe as a shock oa ie E Schumaches economics is no pa o hdoman sy On he cony hs deibea nnion
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o subvet "ecnic science by calling its ee assumpin ino quesin, righ dwn t is psychlgca andmeaphysica fundains
Pehaps his suds ike prject ha only a brash
aateu wud ake n But this bk is he wk o aspoessina and experienced an ecnms as ay hbears the credenials he ud Schumache h been aRhdes Scha in ecnmics an ecnomic adviso theBish Cnrl Cissin n pswar Geany and rhe wenty yes prir o 7 the p ecns and
ead o panning a the Briis Ca Bard is backgound ta mght sugges suy orhodoy bu ha oudbe eacy rng F thee is anthe side o Schumacherand i is thee e nd he visin ecnmics reeced inhese pages t is an intriung m: te pesiden o te Asscain one o Biain's odes organic arng
oganizatins he under d chai o the nermdiae Technog Deepmen Group hch specizes inaing ts smal-scae macnes nd methds o prduction o he needs o deeopng counies; spnso he Futh Word Moemen a Btsh-bed campaio pica decenalzain and regnaism drecr
e Scot Bader Company a pineeng er a cmmnersp and kers conro a cse studen o Gandhinnvience and eclg For mre han wo decadesSchumache has been eaing his ecnmics ou so-ea cnstelain o ineress and cmimens andging s ideas away rom the par peace socia
usice dgd and thid rd ganzations a overEupe i e ecptns he prcipa oums hisring have been thse ittl nensely alive pandnguals (ke MANAS in erca and Regee Engand) wch me than make up f their imiedaudienc by beg ten yeas aead o he eld he
uaty o he thught As al his shud make clea Schmachers ok
bengs to a subenean aditin o organc and
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decentrast economics whose majo spokesme icudePrce Kropok, Gusav Laauer Tosoy WiiamMorr Gani ewis Mumford ad mos recey AexComfo Pau Goodman an Murray Boochn. is he
tradii we igh ca aarcsm we mea by hamuch abused word a bertarian politica ecoomy adisnguish ief from orhoo sociasm a caaism by nsisg ha he a of organzaion mus be eae an ndepende nd prmay pobem The radiionwhe cosey ate wh socias vaues noeheess
prefers mxe o "pure ecoomic systems is heeforehospibe many fos of free eerrise a pivaeownershp pove ways ha he sz of privae enteprise o s arge o ivorce ownesp from peronvovemen whch of course ow he e mos ofhe wo's dseed piasms Bgess is he nemesis
of ncs whehe e bigness ha of pubc priae bureauccies because from bigess comes mpersoni ensiiviy and us o cocrate abscpowe Henc Schumaches ie ma I Bauf Hemig us we have said sa s free ecie creaive enjoyabe edurng-for such is te narcist faih
Reacn bacwd diion embace comunhaif ba, gu a vage ifesyes as od as heeoihic cuures In ha sense i is o a ideoogy aa bu a wsdom gahered from hisorca epeece ou wn ime i has reemerge sponaneousy in he commniaran epeimens ad hones caftsmanshp f he
counercue where we nd so may desperae ad oftenesouceu eors amog youg ropous o mae do simpe free a sefespecg ways amid he cawase ad mageri coesio How strage ha senewed iees acien ways of vehood commuy shoud reappea even as our operaions esearcher
begn o onceive e ms ambiious reams of cybernate gory. And ye how apropae For ere is o b huany oeabe wor on ar side f he eme
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gent tecnocatc world-system, it sey have toowe fom this st age enaissance o ogaic husbandy communa househods, and dotyouse tecwhose st fan outes we cn tace though the pages
o pubcatons ke the Wo Eath Caao the Motath Nws and the Po's Yow Pa An thateassance is to have an economst to mae it case beoethe wo E F. Schumace is the ma Aeady hsbrit essay "Buddhst Ecoomcs has become a muchea d otenrepnte stape o the undergroun pess.
It wou be no exaggeraton to ca hm the Keyes ofpostdusta socey, by hic I mean ( Scuachemeas) a socety that has et behd its etha obsessio hose vey megasytems o poductio a distibutio hch Keyne tie so a to mae mageabe
Te st exampe o chumache's wo I cme across
as a ifoma tal he gave the mdsxties o tepactcay o Gandh's econoc pogam India I wasa e tme editng a sma pa weey LononP Nw d was o the looout o aythg aboutdh I coud nd But hee was a vewpot I had neveea epounded even by adent Gandhians most of
hom brushed ove Gands coce fo vage e anhe sping wee as f t ee the once egettabe foyof a othese geat and impotant man Not so ochumache. Step by step, he spele out the essentagoo sense o a thr wo ecoomc poicy that ejecte
itatio o Weste modes: beaknec ubanation
heav capita investments, mass poducton cetazeeveopment planng nd advaced tecnoogy In coast adhs scheme as to begn th the vages tostbi d enich the taditoa way o ie by use ofabointensve manactue and handcats ad to eepthe ato's economic decson mag decentazed as
possbe even thi soed the pace of ub a dusia goth to a caw.
Fom the standpot o coventona ecoocs th
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od k a prrption or tvto I ot tt t Smr' pot w tt Gd oom orall t lack o proon optito (or pp for ve ro) not te prodct o a ie
o oe wi rdy iitd on modrtion prrvton nd gdlm o t mpton tt o eekpror" by rling ctlym ol cage ony ay o demoral e ay ad ke e te elledpndnt of e rc ad exe ew Ad vn tn my be a wy to feed t ngry Gd onomic
trtd (d ed) w peole, wit t n ortrong morl ad ir dee o be elfdeergobjev whc eadlog develomen can only war. Scuacer o ou "poo counre lp ad eued o te adoon o poducon eod ad conon andard wc do e pobe o e
relc d -ep rs are uenonaneocoloa nd oelen ypca o Scumacer e od ae Gand's
cnoc prce rouy muc den eadvancd du cous c e dword do endoe uc proeon
a en o w unexamed eaurc Bu enecno or e puoe obcvy are e sowly enocerc o ope Sn ey ae uverally rba nellectual wo undertd e o rway ey eay coe o regard e ld and v and o pon nog ore oer
tor o prodton Hn eem o e no lo buded a ga o u al word fan ghyeld ag-dt o deouae e aea and ocrod e ce e o o coc breakdo ndcr Sc ey er e con o work ro edarke y o early daon, ey d mo
ble o beleve a abor mg ever be a reelycoenonpoitiv d creatve vl own rg He eem o em eevden a ork m be ed
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fao of machis o cbeatd systems Wost of asce thir world iw is a cultura bprodct of idstialism ty automatica dos te coogica stpidtyof dl ad s o aair wth te trrib sim-
plicites of quatcaton Th thus orook or distor thcommesurb qulitis of life spcal Schumach'shol trity of heath bauty, and permace
Such an ethnocentric Wstr conomics must cearlybe as dastating fo th drdeloped coutis hichmpo its ision of ife as for t deloped societies
which orgnatd it Today n poo ations whe wend fa too man Wst and Sot ancd projectslke the rca textie facto Schumacher descibes:ndusties demadig sc aacd prtis and scheed atrias to ish thi uxuios products that thecot emplo ocal labor o use local rsourcs, but must
mpot skls and goods from Euope ad merica. InGhana e ast Volta Rier powe poject buit withAmrcan oe at high tst poides Kais num wth stpndously chap ecticity cotracted at aongt low prce But no Ghanaian bauit has beesed b Kais, ad no aumnm plants hae be buil
the coutr. Instead, Kais impots ts aumium fopocessg and sends it to emay fo shig. Esewhee we d prstigious megaprojcts like Egypts Aswangh dam built by Rssan mone ad bains to poduce e o pow fa beyond the nds of the natosecono, that mawhe bigts the enonment and the
oca agcultre a dozen oeseen and possb souble was O cosid th poo countis tht sel thmseles to the itational tourst indust n pusut ofthose symbos of wath d pogess the Wst has taughthem to oet uros airpors, hghrise hotes, sxlemoto was Ther peope wid up as belhops and soue
n sles desk cks and nteainrs ad thei poudesttraditons soon degenate to cude caicatures But thebace sheet ma show a aeous crease foeig
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excange eanngs As fo te deveoped countres fromwc ts coptng etos of pogress goes out moeand more ter grotman dstorts te envronmentsand robs te wod of ts nonenewabe resources for no
bette end tan to ncese te output of balstc msseseectrc adrers and egt-trac steeoponc apercorders. But n te statstcs of e economc nde sucmad waste measues out s poductvt and a loosros
Wat nd of economcs cn tet al ts as antng
more tan cds nonsense o cmna prodgat Teanswe s an economcs tat as no ge dea of watpeople are ee on eat to be and to do tan wasbeueated to t b Andew Ue and Samue Smiles andat as long snce tansted tat debased concepton ofumant nto te obectve quanttes of s scence as
to quantf bengtedness wee to dgnf tTe geat maort of economsts" Scumacer
laments ae stl pusung te absud deal of mangter 'scence as scentc and precse as pscs as ftere wee no utatve deence between mndlessatoms and men made n te mage of God He remnds
us tat economcs as on become scentc b becomngstatstca But at te botto of ts statstcs sun we outof sgt ae so man sweepng assumptons about peopee ou and meabout our needs and motvatons ande pupose we ave gve our ves gan and aganScumacer inssts tat economcs as t s pactced oda
weter t is socast o captast econocss derved bod o tougt t s deved fo dubousmeta-economc preconceptons regardng man andnture tat are neve questoned tat dare not be questoned f economc scence s to be te scece t purposto be rate tn (as t sould be) a umanstc soca
wsdom tat tusts to experenced nuton plas b eand ss a moa eotaton o two
Wat ten f tose peconceptons are obsoete? Wa
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i tey were neer rre Wat ere sir in l tseepertly qatie mlns lvig ss eneat thesatistial sra aspirains reatiity gnersiy,rerly ad siserly perain natral any and
se-rnsendene w nenna enmis by virte a aal msantrpy i misaes r beg reals" ny wrs t destry a is s ad there is ndt in my mnd that it is ten it is n wnder tepliies wh sem rm at enms mst s en emade t wr mst e red dwn agaist resistae
pn a nsed and reatrat man aeral wnne dare eer nsl eep by way te pny pleiste te maretpae w aways trs t as preded base i is rgged p y yns ted ydemraed masses, and taated by pprnsts ndwat srt sene is it at mst r the sae i
predite sess hpe and pray hat peple w neerbe teir beter seles t always e greedy sal idsih ntng ner t d tan getng and spendng gettngad spendig? s as Smaher es s when teavaiabe spira spae is nt ed y sme hgemtiatins ten t wil neessariy e ed by smeng
wery te small, mean alaing attde liehi is ratnalzed e enm als
that is s then we eed a nber enms that isn araid t ds sprit ad nsene mral prseand te meanig e, an enms that ams t edae ad eeate pepe nt merely t measre the
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The Poble of Podco
o t mot atu rro o our ag t b tatt probm o producto a bn od. Not o t b m d b pop mot om podctoad tror proo acquatd wt t actt d b tua a t pt, t capta o
dut t coomc manag t got ot wod t acadmc ad otoacadmc coomt,ot to mnto t conomc joua. T ma d-ag o ma tg but t a agr tat t prob producton a b od; tat mankd a at atcom o ag For t c coutr, t a t mot
poat tak ow ducaton or ad or thpoor ut t trar o tcnoogy"
Tat tg a ot gog a w a t ougt t bgog mt b du to uman wckd W mut tor cotct a potca tm o pct ta uawckd dappar ad rbd ba w,
mattr ow muc wckd t ma b m o r at t wd d tat bod bor good o tu to a crma or potr t t uto t tm. No doub t tm a wabad ad mut b cagd O o t man o wt bad ad w t ca t u pt o t badn
t oou w tat t probm o producto"a bn od. A t ro pad a pta
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o te coiion coure on wic we are ong weernreag peed-e appiy tak o united prog aong te beaten track o "education or eiue te c countie and o te traner o tenoogy
to te poor countriee iquidation o tee capita aet i proeedingo rapidy tat een te aegedy ricet count inte word te United Sae o Aerica tere ae anyorried en igt up to e Wite Houe cang or teaie coneron o coa nto oi and ga deandng
eer ore gigant eo to ear or and expoit teeainig treaue o te eart ook at te gue tatare eig put orward under te eading "Word FueRequireent n te Year 2000 e are now uigoeting ike 7000 iion ton o oa equiaent teneed in tentegt year tie be tee tie a
argearound 20000 ion ton! Wat are twenteigtear? Lookg backwad te take u rougy to teend o Wod War I and o oure ince ten ueconupton a trebed; bt te trebing inoed anicreae o e tan 5000 ion ton o coa equiaentNow e are cay taking about an inceae tee te
a argeeope k: Can it be done And te ane coe
bak t ut be done and teeore t a be done Onegt ay (wi apoogie to Jon Kennet Gabrat)tat it i a cae o te band eadng te bind But ycat aperon Te queon te i ongeaded
becaue it carre te ipct apton tat we aredeag it inoe and not it capita at i opecia about te ea 2000 Wat about te year 2028wen itte dren uning about today w be pannigor teir retireent Anoter trebing by ten? A teequetion and aner are een to be abud te oent
we reaie tat e e deaing it apita and not wtncoe oi ue are not ade by en tey aotbe recyced Once tey are gone ey e gone or eer
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But wht-it il be se-bout the ncome fuelses, inee wht bout them Currenty, they contbuterecoe n clores less thn four per cent to the worltotl. In the foreseeble future they wil hve to contb
ute seventy eihty, ninety pe cn To o sometin on sm scle is one thin to o t on ntic scle isuite nother n to me n impct on the wol fuelpoblem contibutons hve to be tuly ntc Who wllsy tht the problem of poucton hs been sovewhen it comes to come fuels require on truly intic
scleossi fels re merey pt of te ntu cpitlwhch we stesly sist on tretn s expenbe s it were ncome n y no mens te most impor�ntp If we sque our fossi fuels we threten civiston but we suner the cpitl represente by livin
nture rou us we threten lfe tself. Peope rwin up to ths thet n they emn tht pollutonust stop They thn of polluton s rther nsy hbitnule in by ceess or eey peope who, s t were,how thei rubbs over te fence into the neihboursren. A more civlse behvour, they relise, wou
cur some extr cost, n therefore we nee fstete of economc owth to be be to py for t onow on, they sy we shoul use t les some of thfuts of our everncresn prouctivty to improve ·theulity of le not merely to incese the untityof cosumpton. ts s f enouh, but it touche
only the outer fne of te probemTo et to the ux of te mtter we o well to s
why it is tht ll these terms-polluton, environmentecoloy, etc.-ve sudey come nto pominenceAfter l, we e h n nustl system for quitesome tme yet only ve or ten yes o these wors
were virtuy unnown Is this suen f sllyfshon or perhps suen fiure of nee
The explnton s not ct to n. As wth fossl
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ues we have ndeed been lv on the catal o vnnature or some te but at a ary modes rate It sonly snce the end o World War II at we havesucceede n ncreasn ts rate to alarmn rooron
In comaon wth wha s o on now nd wha hasbee on on roressvely durn the last quarer o a
centu al the ndustral acvtes o manknd u to andncud World War are as oth The next our ove year are lkely to see more ndustr roductont the world as a whoe tha a o maknd accom
shed u to 15 other words, qute recentlyecenly that most o us have hardly yet become conscous o tthere has been a uque quanttave j ndustral roducton
Partly as a cause and aso as an eect there has asobeen a unque qualtave mp Our scentss and tech-
nolosts have learned to compoud subsances unnownto naue. Anst any o them nature s rtualydeenceless There are o atura aents o atack andbreak them do. t s as aboes were suddenyattacked wh mchnen e ther bows and arrowsare o no aval. These substaces unown to nature
owe the amost maca eectvenes recsely tonatures deeceessessand hat accounts aso or thedanerous ecolocal pact t s oy the ast tentyyears or so hat they have made t er appearance bBecause they have no naural eemes they tend toaccumuate ad the loerm cosequeces o t
accmuaton are n may cases o to be extremelydaneous and n oher cases toaly upredctable.
In oher words the chaes o the as teyve yearsboh the qay ad the quay o mas ndustalprocesses have produced a etrey e stuaoa suato resu o rom o ares bt rom hat e
thout ere our reaest successes And ths has come sosudey h e hady oced he act that we ee veyrapdy us u a cetan nd o repaceabe cata
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asset, namely the orc rg wc bengn naualways povdes.
Now le me e to e qeston of "ncome feswi wc I ad pevosy de n a somewa cavaler
manne No one s suggestg tha the wold-wde ndusa system whic s beng nvsag to opeae in te yea2000 a geneaon aead wou ssaned paly bywae o ind powe o we ae told ha we ae movingapdly nto he nclea age O cose is as bn thesoy fo qie some tme fo ove twenty yeas nd yet
te contibion o ncea enegy o man's toa fue ndnegy equements s st me In 1970 t aounedto 27 pe cent n Ban; 06 pe cent n he EopeanComm and 03 pe cen n he Unied Staes to menton ony the cones tat hae gone te thest Peapswe can assme ta naes oeance mgins w b abe
to cope wi sch sma mposons aogh tee aemany people even oday wo ae deeply woed and DEdwad D. David Pesden Nxons Scence Advsetang abo te soage o adioactve wases says tatone as a qeas eeg abo somethg at as o sayundegond and be pey we seaed o fo 25000
yeas beoe s amlessHoweve that may be the pon I am making s vey
pe one: e poposion o epace tosnds o ons of tons o ossi fels ee yea by nclea enegymeans to solve he e pobem by ceating an envonmena and ecoogica pobem of sch a monstous mag
nide tat D Daid w not be e only one to ave aqueasy feeing means solvng one pobem by sfg
t to anote spheethee o ceae an ney bggepobem.
Having sad ths I am se ta I sal be cononedwi nohe even moe dag poposition name ha
fue scieniss and echologss w be abe o devsesafety es and pecautons o sc peecton a heusg tanspong pocessng and song of adoacie
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maal n vrncrang an l b ad nrlyaf alo a ll b a of olcan and ocalcn o ca a orld ocy n ch a o cvdbanc can nvr an gan, a rooon
o olv on robl ly by fng o anorhr h hr of vryday an bhavor nd ha o rd cagoy of naa caal ch a cklly andrng bca ra a r nco a f ong had mad orlv and cod a rac o of or chvand
and radly ng rodcvy. no vdn a or crn od of odcona alrady ang no vry banc of ndralman? To many ol no a al vdn No ha hav olvd rob of rodcon y ay have vr ad o good r no br fd b
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I ad by ayng a on of o afl ro ofor ag h bf a obl of rodcon a
bn olvd. T on ggd, any d o onaby o cog a modrn ndal ym all nlcal ocaon conm vryba on c a bn cd o langa of conom, lv on rracabl caa c crly ra a nco cd r cagor of
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t hater wll have to be he elaborated a we goalog. Few peope w be eail onvined tha the llenge to man fte annot be met b makng maginaladmen hee or thee or pobl b hngng he
politia temThe folowing hapter an aemt o loo a he wholetation again from the angle of peae and permaneneow hat man ha aqred the hal mean of elfobleaton the queton of peae obviol loom argerthan ee before in huan hitor nd how old peae
be bit witho ome aane of pemanene withregard to or eonom life?
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Peace ad Peae
he domi moder lief i h he ode fod-io of ece wod be iverl roey Oe my ooki for horc eidence h he rch hve reglrybee more ecefl h he oor, b he i c berged h he he eer fel ee g he oo
h heir ggreiee emmed from fer; d h heio wod be ie diere eebody were rchh hold rch m go o wr? He h ohg ogi Are o he oor he eloed he oreed molkel o do o, he hve ohg o loe b hechi? he rod o ece i rged, i o foow he
od o rcheh domi mode beief h lmo irreible
rcio gge h he fer o ge oe deible g he moe ecey do o i oher idoby rcve bece comleey be he wholeeo of ehc here i o eed for reco o
crice o he co! e he cece d ecologo hel log he rod o ece d e, d hi eeded h we hod o behve d rol cg o or ow eh he mege o he ood dcoeed h he m o ely eor k he gooe h wll edl de core,
gode egg o for hem d he mege o he rch ih he m be iegen eogh from me o ime o
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TABLE I
R (% Poo (% ) (% )
POULATION (mlios1060 ( 3 1 28 69) 338 00)
FUE CONSUMON lon to c.e4788 8 2 13) 509 )
FUE CONSON ER HEAD 4 03 65
Bu hs ano happe, as eveythg takes ie Ad me boh he "h d he poo ae gowig dsres
ad ube So le us make a expoao aulao
If he h popuaos gow a he ae of 1 pe en
he poo a he ae of 2\ pe e a yea old
populao go o abou 6900 mo by D 200
a gue o e dee fom he mos ahoae u e foeass I a he same me he fue osmpo
r had of he "h oulao gows by 2Y e e
hle ha of he "oo gows by 4 pe e a yea thfoowg gues emege fo he yea D 20:
TALE I (D 2000)
Rc (% ) oor % o %
POUATON o6 23 59 (77) 6909 00)
FUE CoNSUMON on on 5588 6 568 33) 356 00)
FUE CONSON ER HEAD os 9.6 3 .35
The oa esul o wold fue osumpo would be
oh om 55 mad os e 166 o 232 mlad e yea 200-a ease by a fao of moe h
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our h o wc woud e rue o popuonncrese nd hl o ncesed consumpon per hed
hs hndh sp s neresng enough Bu hsp eween he c nd he "poor s even moe ner
esng O he ol cese n word ue consumponrom 5.5 mrd o 3 mrd ons ce. e n ncreseb 17.7 mrd ons he ch woud ccoun or newohrds nd he poor or on le over onedOver he whole hrourer perod he word wouduse 425 md ons o co equven, w "rc
usng 321 mds or sevenve per cen nd e"poor 04 mlrdsNow does no hs pu ve eresg g on he
o suon hese gures re no, o course, predcons : h re w mg e clled exporor cculons I ve ssumed ver modes popuon grow
on he pr o he rc nd populon grow ewce s hg on he p o he "poor; e s e rcnd no he "poor who do r e gees pr o edmge- dmge e cled Even e popuons clssed s "poo grew on e re sumedor e rc he eec on ol word ue requeens
woud e hrd sgncn- reducon o jus over enper cen. Bu e ch decded-nd I m no sngh s s lkel- er presen per p uel consumpon ws re hg enoug nd e soud noow o grow n urher, consderng s lredoureen es s g s h o e poornow
wold mke derence n spe o e ssumed se he rc populons would cu ol word ulequremens e er 2000 over onerd
e mos mporn coen, owever, s quesonIs pusle o ssume h world ue consumpon olgrow o nhg ke 23,000 mlon ons c. er
he er 2000 usng 45000 mllon ons c.e. dug ethou ers ueson? e lg o ou pesn
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al ga, o vn a And why hud nuca nry bcnnd o uppying n-qua nid of taqumns? Th pobm cn thu b ift t anhpan bu it fu to go away. F th conumpin of
fu n indcatd caauming no inumuntabdiui of fue uppywoud pdu nvinmnaazad of an unpdnd kin.
Tak nu ngy Sm pop ay ta t wo'c f ativy cncntatd uu a nucint to utain a ay ag nuca pgammag
nugh to av a ignant pact on h od fuiuaion w w av o kn wit tud fmn n impy wit min of n of ca quivant But aum tat th pop a wong Enughuanium w ! fund; it wi b ga tgt ft mott f t ar bug n main
cnt of ppuain ad ighy aiactv t ad to imagin a gat bioogica tat, nt to mntion th poica dang that omon might u a tiny bitof t tib uban f pupo nt atogtpafu
On h oh hand f fanat nw div f f
fu houd ma it unnca to foc th pa fnua ngy h wud b a pbm of tha pution on quit a dnt ca fom anyting ncount
Watv th u inc n fu conumpin by afac f fu an thn v and tn t n
pauib anw o th pbm of pouionI av akn fu my a an xap t tat
vy p ti : that onmic gwt w viwf t pnt of viw f conomi pyic cmitan cnogy a n dcb it mu ncyn ino civ btnek wn viwd fom th pint
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fer a wle even e Gross Naional Prou refuses ose ay fue o eause of sieni o eoogialfalure u eause of a eepng parayss of no-oopeaion as epresse n vaious ypes of esaps o e par
o oy of e oppresse a expoie u eve of gypvlege groups.One go on for a long e eplorng e iaonaliy
an supy of en an woe n g posiions or lowf oy peope wou ease were er rea ieesslie! Bu wy o ey o realise is? Eie eause eir
ieigene as een ie y gree an env oreause i er ea of eas ey unersa a eirreal inerss e soewere que ieren ere is arevoluiona sayng a Ma sal no live y reaalone u y eve wor of Go
Here aga ning an e prove. Bu oes i si
look proale or pause a e grave soal seasesifeig ay ri soeies oay are erely passgpenoena w a ale goverenf only we ouge a really ale governenou eraae y sipyakig fase use of sene an ology or a oraial use of e peal syse?
I sugges a e fouaons of peae ao e lay unvesal prospery e oer sese eause suprospery aanae a al is aanale only y uvag su ives of ua naure as gee an envyi sroy neigene appiess ereniy an ereye peaefulness o an I ou well e a ri peope
reasue peae oe gy a poo people u ony ey feel uery seurean s is a onraio iers e weal epes o akg onaey argeeans o le wor resoes a us pus o an uavoale oson oursno priariy we poor (wo are weak efeneless) u wi oer
r peopeI sr we n say oay a a s far oo lever o
e ae o survve wiou iso o oe is realy wok
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owr a w hads ad h masss ito mrmach mirs idd th o o ma thmmoyd.
Sos t boms h akowgd ros of i
ors a grs obsd Ados Hxy, o roidorar o wth h mas of "og rotab arsica sgica wok of hg m ad womo ac idc from bosss so ha th mabcom thir ow moyrs, or mmbrs o a sgog coorat gro workg o sbsstc a
a oca mark . hs y oritatd tchoogicarogrss [od s ] a rogssi dctrasaoo oao o accssibit o a, o owrsh of thmas of rodcio o oca ad coomc owr.hr aaags sid Hy wod b "a mor hmasasyg for mor o a gratr mar of g-
sfgorg dmocracy ad a bss from romh sy or icos ad cato roid by hmass rocrs o cosmr goods throgh h mm ofasms "1
If mhods ad macs ar to b cha og o bray accssb ths mas hat hr cos ms sta
som ab raoshi o h o icoms soc whch hy ar o b s ha mysfcom o h cocsio ha h r mi for h ar-ag mo of cata sm ce s robaby g by h aa args o a ab ad ambiossra workr. Tha s to say f sch a ma ca or-
may ar say $5000 a yar h arag cos of stabshg s workac shod o o acco b css of50 th cost s sigicaty highr, th soci so s ky o o sros robs, sch as coctatio of wath a owr amog th g fw a icrasig obm of droos who
cao b tgatd io socy ad cost a r-growg ha stca moym mastrbo of h olao d o xcssi rbasao a
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The Rle f cnmcs
To sy h o economc fure s beng deemned yhe economss woud be n eggeron bu h hnuenc o n n cs h nunce o economcs, sfrechng cn hrdly be dobed. Economcs pys cen oe n shg he cs of he modrn wold
nsmch s sppes ce o wh s conomcnd wh s uneconomc, nd hre s no ohe se ofcrer h eercses geer nunce oe he cons
of ndduls nd goups s we s oer hose o goernmes I my be hogh herefore, h we shoud ooko he economss for dc on how o oercome he
d nges nd d cue n whch he modrn word ndsse, nd ow o chee economc ngemens houchse pece nd permnence
How doe economcs ee o he probems dscsed nhe preos chpers hen he economs dees edc h hs r h cy s economcly sound
o neconomc wo mporn nd cosey eled quesons se Frs wh dos hs erdc mn And second, s he edc concse n he sense h prcccon c resonby be bsed on
Gong bck no hso we recll h whn herews k o oundng prossorhp o pocl econ-
om Ood 150 yes go my peope were nomens hppy bo poc dwrd Copeson hege Proos of Ore og dd o wn o dm no
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wheher n acivy caed o by a grou wihi socieyelds rot to socety as a whole Eve naioisedndustries are ot considered from is more comreesve ont of view Every oe of hem is give a acial
argewhch is in fact a ogaionad is execedo ursue is get wiout regard o y dge tmgh be incing o other as of he ecoomy I fche revaing creed held wih eqa feour by all olical aies is hat he common good w necessrily bemaxsed if eveody eve idusry and rade weter
atolsed or no srives o ea an ccetble retuon the caal emloyed No even Adam Smith hd moe mlict fah in the dden hand to ensure twhat is good for Geeral Moors s good for the UiedSes
However tat ay be, bout the amnta naure
the judgemes f ecoomics tere c be do whever Eve witi he ow css f e eccus ese jdgeets re essay d mtdcay ow r oe ti tey ive vly more eio te so t e lo ter becae e oer Keye it wit ceerful blty e e
e Ad the cod ey re sed o deti ofcost wc ecludes ll free oods, that s sy eeire God-given eviromen ecet for hose s ofi hat have bee ivately aroriaed hi mes thta activiy can e ecoomc athough it lays hell wih heeviromen d tht comein acviy, a some
cos i roecs and coserves e envrome wl beneconomic
Economics moreover deas wih goods accordcewi heir maket value and no i accordce wih whatey realy are he same rules d crieri re alied toma goods whch ma has o win from aure d
secodary oods which resuose he esece of rimay goods ad are manufacured fom them goodsare eaed he same, because he ot of vew s funda
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a procedue y whch he hghe is reduced to the eve othe ower and e ceess s gven a pice. can theefoeneer see to carify te siuaon nd ead to an enighened decson A i an do s ead o sef-deception o he
decepion of others; for to undeake to measure hemmeasuabe s absud and consiues bu an eaboratemethod of moing fom peconceived notions to foregoneconcusions a one has to do to otan the desed resusis to imue suiabe aues to the immeasurae costs andbenes The ogca absudy, howeer, is not the geaes
faut of the undetaking: what is wose and desrucve ofciviisation is he peence ha eerng has a price orin other words tha oney is he highest of a aues
Econois opees egtimatey ad usefuy wihin agiven" fewor which ies atogeher outside the econoic cacuus We mgt say that economics does no
stand on s own feet, o tha it is a derived" body ofthoughtderved fom metaeconoics If e economstfais o sudy meta-economics or even worse if hereais unaware of he fa that thee are oundaries tothe appicaity of the economic cacuus he is ikey ofa to a sar nd of ero as hat of cetain medieva
theoogians who tred to see questions of hysics ymeas of ca quotations Eve science is benecawith its proper imis bu ecomes e and destructieas soon as tansgesses them
The science of economics is so pone to usup the esten moe so oday than it was 50 yeas ago when
dward Copeson pointed to this dangerecause ireates to cetain er stong drives of human nature suchas eny and geed A the gea is the duy of isexpets the economss, to undestand and cary its iitations tha is to say to undesand metaeconomcs
at, then, is etaeconocs? As economics deas wth
man s envionent we may expect that meaeconomcs consists of wo patsone deang wh manand the othe deaing wih he environment In other
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b to dlo any onom thoy at al uss o wad to disad a vst a of quatatv dstnios. But t shoud b ust as obvous that th totasussio of qualtativ distintios whi t mas
thoisng as, at th sam tm mas t totay sti.Mst of th onsiuous dvlomnts of oms ith ast quat of a ntuy (fd to b PofssoPhs Bow) a n th diton of quantiation atth s of th udstanding of quaitatv dinsIdd o ght s that onomis has bom inas-
ing ntoant of th latt baus th do ot t itots mthod ad m dmands o th atal und-stadig ad t ow of nsght of oomsts whhthy a uwin o uab to fl Fo aml havigstabishd by his u quantitatv mthods that thGoss Natioa odut of a ont has s y sa, v
t th onomisttndootia s unwg ad gal unab to fa th qustio of whthths is to b tan as a good thing o a bad thing. Hwoud os al his taintis h vn nttaid suh austo: gowth of GNP must b a good thng stv of what has gown ad who if anyon has bntd.
h da that th oud b athologia gowthuat gowth distv o dstutv gowth, is tom a vs da whih must not b alowd to sufa.A sma minoty of oomists s at snt bgiing toquston how muh futh gowth wil b ossibs innt gowth in a it nviomt is a obvious
ossbity; but vn th not gt away fom thuy quanttativ gowth ont Instad of nssting oh pacy f qlave dnn, thy siml sub-stitut nongowh fo gowth that is to say on mt-ss fo aoth
It is of ous tu that quat s muh mo dut to
handl than quantt ust as th s of judmts a hih funtion than th abiity to out and aaQuatitatv d s a b mo asil gasd ad
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way of ibraio bu th ttacht to walth; o hjot of paual thig but th cavig fo thTh kot of Buddhit cooic thrfo i ipliciy ad oviolc From a coomi' poit of viwth a of th Buddhit way of lif i h utratioaity of it pattramazgly mal a adg
o aodiariy atifacoy rul.Fo th mod cooit hi vry dicu to ud
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hi appoach civ iraoal : ic couptio iy a a o huma wllbig th ai houd bto obtai h aimum of wlbig with th miimuof couptio hu if h purpo of clothg i a cai aou of pratu cofot ad attcivapparac, th tak i to attai th prpo with th
mallt pob or that i wih h alt auadrucio of coth ad wth th hlp of dig thaivov th at poibl iput of oi h to
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neous "qusi-rms. The monolith ws trnsformed
into a wellcoodinted ssembly of lively, semiutoo
mous its ech wi ts own dve d sense ofcevemen. Wle my theoretinswho my not beoo closely touch wth rel lifere si engging inhe idoltry of lrge se wth prticl people in thectu world here s tremedous longg nd stvg topo t ll possible fro he conveniece hum
ad ngeblity of smlness This lso is tendencywhch anyone cn esy obsee for hmself
Lt us now pproch our subjet from other gled k wht is ctlly dd. the irs of men
there wys ppers to be a need for t let two thgs
smulteously whih on he fce of t seem to becompible nd to exclude one another We wy need
bot fredom d oder We need the freedo of ots
and lots of smll utonomous units d at the smeie he orderless of lrgesle possibly globl ui
and coordinion When it comes to cton we obviously
eed sma nits bece cton is highy personl rd one cnot be touch th mor t very limiteduber of persons t ny one tme Bu when it omes t
he wold of ides to pniples or o eths to theindivsibily of pece nd lso of elog we eed toeconise he uy of nnd d bse our tions upon
hs eotn Or to put it deently t is te t en e brothers but it lso tre tht o ctiveperson eltionshps we cn n fct be broters o oy
few of them d we re clled upon to show morebrotherliess to tm tn we could possbly show to he
whole of m We know people who freely tlabou he brotherhood of we treng the neighbours s enemes ust s we lso know people who hve
fct exlent reltions with the nebors whe
hboug t the sme time ppg preudices bouthumn groups outside the picur ccle
I wish to empsise is te d o the
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population of 17,000 in the early 920s just fty yearsao. ts popuation s now appocng t mon Teonce beautfu Spanis cy is no ifested by sums suroded by misey-ts at ae cawlin up te Andes
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rxistg idas o a gi situatio o st of facts Wn h about say th oitica situaio w ay otha stuatio ou oitica idas mo o ss sysmaticay ad atmt to mak that situaion iigib oouss y mans of ths idas Simay whs Som o t idas a idas of au that is o say
w uat th suati th ight of ou audasTh way whch w xnc and itt th wodoiousy dds ry much idd on t kid of idhat ou id If thy a any sma ak su
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fing of miss ad t vacuum o ou nds mayoy oo asiy b d by so big faastic oionoiica o othrwswhich suddy sms o luneyhg and to gi anig ad uos o ou xisc It nds o mhasis tha hin is on of th gatdagrs of ou ti.
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mr kowdg of facts ad somthig mo tha a mdision ayb thy canot thmss foua r-cisy what thy a ookig fo; bu I thk wha ya ray ookg for is idas hat woud mak th ord
ad thi own s tigib to thm Whn a thig sitigb you ha a ss o artciao h a thigs uinigib you ha a ss of stagmt ,I do ow you hr o say as a imo rotstagast t unigibiity of h wod s ty m it th mind caot bng h wod a st sha w
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sage ad wo y sis of civiisaio omaps o sgposs o diors o ay kid. Nohig sa mig o m; og c hod s via ieres; es o meas o mag ahg eigbe o hs
adiioa posophy is a amp o creae odery sysem o ids by whic o ve ad o ierph ord "Piosop as he Grks oceived i wesPoessor Kuh is o sig eor o e uma mido epr h sysem of sis ad so o reae ma o heord as a comprsiv orde i h pace is
assiged o hm The cssiCsia ue o eae Midde Ages supid ma i ver compee adasoisgy coh eaio o sigs .. a sysmo via ide givg a mos ded piue o m everse, ad ma's pace i ·e uverse Ths sysem,owever as saerd d ragmed ad he
res is beidrm d srageme evr more dramaicay p by Krgaad i mdde o ascer:
One c oe' er o e o to tel te el at ld one : I my ger to eee-mel of nog ee I? Who I? ow came I
ere? Wat t g ad e wold? Wat doe torld ean? Wo t a a lred me no ng adnow leave e tee? . How dd I ome to te wod?y w I not oled bt a nto e a togh I ad been bot of a dnapper, a dealer nol? o dd I oban an ntee n eee
ey cal rea? Wh old I hae an nteet n t? tnot a volntry oe? d f I eed to taeat n t, ee e dreor? . Whter al I th y compnt?
Perhaps e is o ev a direcor Bad Russsaid ha e wo v smpy e ouom of
acidea ooaios o aoms ad aimd a hsciic hores adig o hs ocusio i o qiebeyod dispu a y so y a ha o pos
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phy ees e e sd Oy di iedi desi he ss i eerh e sey i r Fred Hoye hrome ls f h rly dred sio w
we d seles ee we e i his whlly serse wih sy e s o wehe or ss y rel siie
srem eeds eliess d dsp heoer wih iss ism epy esr dee s we see i he eer p exse
is phisophy d ee lier ody. r sddeys I he meied eorei rddp o f e wh y mosossmpii o reiy preeds swer esos w s h s f esreme? se mo rmp ee hs ms oe o
rome ee more mpl o s pogss s o e of koo s so oy of eos s k rk so oled mm d ses R Hoy ko w do my s o kow o do? y Gsse p sy W o
o m e o e Uo m esw e o L s o mo o ss o oh sd of er W h s o? e rsmss of des whih e m o ooseewee oe i d er or o o re o fe w s sme me
ed r iwrd disreHw od o s kowd of Sod Lw
f Trmodyms ep s s? r So es s we ede pop dploe e ery of se-iss e somems Ho my of desr eod w o Tmoys T
respose pos s y d e Yehe sys "I ws s sme w s o se e of H yo e o o Sk
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sars? Suc a statment chngs th ntr basis oour civisation What matters s t toobo o idas whwhch b wch throug whch we exprnc and ntr-prt the word Scond Law o Terodynamcs s
nothing more th a worg hypotess sutab o varou tys o scientc resarch On the other andawor by Shaksear temg ith the most vta ideasabout the e dvopment o man showng t whoegrandur and sr huan xistence. How coud thestwo thngs b euivant? Wht do I iss, as a human
beng i I hav never heard o th Scond Law o eodnacs Te answr s Nothg. d what do I ssb not knowng Sasare? Uness I get my understandng rom anor sourc I spy mss i Swe t our cidrn tat one thig is go nothrhre a bit o kowedge o physics and tre a bt o
kowedg o trtur? I we do so th sins o thathers w b vsitd upon the cidren unto the td andouh gnration becaus tat noa is th tim ttaes ro the b o a ida to i u atuit whn its e nds o a nw generation and maes th th
cnc cannot produc idas by whch we coud iveEvn th greatst deas o scic are nothng more thanworkig hyotss usu or puroses o sca resarchbut compete inaicabe to the conduct o our ives orth trrtaton o th word tror a an ssducation bcaus es strngd and bwdered
becaus hs i sms to him mpy d agss hecannot get what h is sn by studig ny o the atura scences i.. b acuring "nowhow Tat stud hsts o vaue wich I not icnd to beit it ts a great dea about how thgs work natur or nngnerng but it ts hm noting about th meang
o i and c n no way cr s estrangemnt and secrtdpai
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e eas abu te scec eut a us eg ge f scece e tus t e scae ues. Heeee e can f e s ucky ge e ll s ies w wc n tug wc
ae e w, scey a s w fe ellgbe Lus see wa ae e a es e s ely y. Icn tep t e a cplee ist s s ceyself e eue f sx eg eas, steg f e netet cenuy wc sl ne, f s c see e s f eucae pepe y
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1 Tee s e ea f euta ge fscualy eep t f lwe fs s fau a utc pcess Te st unre yes s ae seen e systeac applc f s e specs f eaity wtu eceptn
2 T s e e f cpe, atu selecn e sua f te es wc pups explate ntua a uac pcess f elun epe
3 Tee e ea l e ge aifessf ua fe suc s elig, pspy a etc.
w Ma cals te pasgas s feare ng u ecesy suppleets f etea fe pcess supescue eece sguse a pre ecc teests e we fu sy eg te sy f class srugges
4 I cpeti, e gt tk wt te Mas
epet f all ge nfes� f ua eee s futy, e Feu nepe wceuces te e ar strgs f ucscusn expans e any as e esults f ufue nces-wses uig ci a eyaescence
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msm nd cg n mthemcs, whch hs bdened by d Rss s th sbjct i whcwe ne knw wht we e tkig bt whehwht w sy s te"
6 Fny thee is he tmphn id f psiismtht lid nwledg n be ttned y hgh themthds f h l scencs nd hnce tht nknwedge is genin nlss it is bsd n genelybsevbl c Psism i th wds, s sllytsd i knwhw nd dnies th pssibty f
bece wege b meig nd ppse f knd
N ne hi wl be dspsed t deny h swep dw es sx ge ds hy e th est fny nw mpics. n f fc q
cld he ed ny f hm hey pesent e-mends lep f the imgnt the w dnwbl Of cse he ep is ke fm mpltfm f bsd fct. hs d cld t vedged themsles s y i me's s they hene, if they dd nt cn mp elmets f tt
the esen chct is thi cim f tyEvti s evehig is sid y tephemen fm ebe homo e bt s men phenmen sch s gi gge Cmpi- nt selct d th s f e est e pesd s ne set f stins mg hes bt s
nies ws M ds nt sy tht sme ps fhsty e mde p f clss sggl; n scetc me-lsm t ey scinicy xnd ts pl bse- nhg ess th whle f the hst f lhe xsng scy Fed gin s ctent tpt nmb f clnc bse bt es
nis th f m mtn, sseig fstc ht l eligin s thg bt n bsessiss tism d psitism f cse e p
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metaphyia dotre with the euliar and ironia ditcton tat te e the vaidt o a meaphycncudng themeve
What do thee lage idea have in coonbeie thei nonempica metapycal nature? Tey al
e hat wha had reviouly been taken to be omehgo a hgher oder ealy nohg u" a more ube
manetaton o the lower"ue, ineed the ve -tition between hger a lower i ened Thu manlke the re o te unvee reay nong but an acci
dental ooaton o atom The erence between manan one i te more a deepve appearanceMan' hghet cutu aevemen are nohg but -guied economic eed o te outow o eual rura-tion. any ae it meagle to ay that man hou at the hge" rather tan e ower beaue no
telliibe meanng can be atached to purely ubjetvenotion le higher" or lower" wle te wor houd ut a i o autotaan megalomana
he idea o the aher in the nneteenth entu havebeen viited on the trd and outh generaon ivg eond ha o the twenet enury To their origna-
or thee idea were mply the reult o ther teletarocee In te d and ourth generation, tey havebeome the very tool and ument throug whih theword being expeen and erpreted Thoe that
brng foth new idea e eom ruled by them But thedea obtai power ove en ve in the td and ourh
generation wen they have become pa o tat greatma o dea cung aguage whc eep nto a peron mnd dng h Da Age
Thee neteenthentury dea ae rmy lodged i themd o ratay eveybody the Wetern word todaywhether educaed or neucated. the uneducated mnd
hey are ti raher mudled an nebulou, too wea tomae te wor ntelge. Hece the ogg o edua-on tat to ay or oethng w ea u out o
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the da d dded gae he ght oudestadg
I have aid at a puey scieic educa no do
his because it deals w deas f kwwwhereas we eed to udestad wh hgs ae as he aead wha we are o d wth or ves. Wat e lear bsudyig a pacua sciece is ay case t specc adspecaised fr u wde pses we tu to hehaiies to bai a ca view f he large ad viaideas f ag Ev the haies we ay getgged dw a ss f speciaised clashp fuishig ur ids wih s f sall deas jus a usuae as
he das whch we ght pick up f the natl s-eces. But we a as e e fuae (f frtuate is) ad d a teacr wh wl "lea o ids lay
he deathe age" and nvesal deas lready exse
i ur idsad tu me e wold tegble fo .Suc process wold dd dee t e cae daio Ad wa do e ge o oda? A ew othe wod a wslad wc ee o e rpupse w a's ooes foae
os ade, n w s d esp e e
on eates e o e do aages o lm o wa Oega cal e He of Ties he Hegt f he Ies o or es e sef a abs f tgess He a eel ke eong By:
oo knod; hy o kno h o
! on h dp o' h faa
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othr wrds een mait edaton ltg s the e o the deas o o e ao dele eods " cause a e are qe eiae oog
f s le e abuda d o orowWa has happeed? w uc a tin posle?Te eadn da o e eee ey, w
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ced to do wy wh ethyss e theseves d vos edesoyg type mephyss. e eseg o the s o a t dsese t s not tett owedge s soow Bt posons eos ng n
ted soow te thd d oh geneton Theeos e no see t n the posopy pt owd the ne o see Etee Gson pt t oethn twety yes go
Such dlopmnt was by no ans inb, but throgv groh o naa scnc had ad it or
nd or obabl T gowng ntrst takn by n nh cica rults of cnc was i both naturand tat but t hd o ot hat scnc i
owdg and actca ults but ts by-oduc Bo r xtd succs in ndng concus xlanatons o ata wod n had bgun tho dps a dcpli which ch dontaons oud
not be on o to bd ho dscps at h pat o th hy scncs As onsqunc tahy and t had to b h ignord o t tpac by w i cncs; thr ca thywoud b natd. A e dngro o indd wchccou or th ou poon wch wt cut
h now ound itl.It not een e ht metphyss and ts wod e
emted O n the onty, w e got ws d etphys-s nd ppng ehs
Hstons kow ht mepys eos n ed todet R G. Congwood wote
e Patstc dago o th dca o GrcoRoan ciaton ab that nt to phyca as. tws not barbaan attacks ha dstroyd h GrcRoaword cau w taphy c Th "agawod w ag to o ndanl cocton [th patc wt] sad, bcaus owg to
ats n taphyc anays t had bco conud as towhat h ncon taphyc h bn a uxury o intt wod not ha attd
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aage cn be aled ot ange, oreentday civaton. We have becoe coned a toat or conction eally ae. he great dea of teneteent ceny ay l or nd n one ay or
ante, bt or eat do not beee n te teame. nd and ea are at ar it one anote, nota i coony aeted, eaon and ait Or reaon abecoe becoded by an exraordinary, bnd d eaonable ai n a et of fantatc and lfedetroying deainerted o te nneteent centy. It te foreot
tak of or reaon to recover a trer at tan tat
Edcation canot e a ong a it acod no lace toetay. Weter te bect agt e bjt ofcence or o te hmanite te teacng doe not eadto a clarcation of etahy tat to ay, of or
fndaen convcton nnot edcae a an andcoeenty cot be o real vale to ocety
It i oten aered tat edcaton i breakng donbecae of over-ecilation Bt th i ony a artaand leadng diagoi. Secaaton not ef afaly rcle of edcaton What od be te altea
tive aateh ttng of al ajor bject O lengty d nral hc en are force end ter te nng at bject c tey do not to re e they are eing et aay fro a
ey ant o lea T cannot be te rgt er ncet c oy ead to e tye of tecta a ho
Cadnal Neman catgated"an ntelect a, teorld no conceve o . one ho fll o 'veon al bject o ooy, on all atter o te daySc veine a ign o oance ate tan oedge "Sal I teh yo te eanng o knoledge? adCoc. "When yo kno a ng to recgne tat yo
kno t and en yo do not to no tat yo do nonotat knoledge
What at fa not ecaliaton bt te l of
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epth wth whch the subjects are usuay pesete, adthe absece of metaphysca awareess. Te sceces aebeig taht wthout ay awareess of the pesuppositos of scee of the men a scace of sc
etc laws a of the pace oupie y the aturascieces wth the whoe cosmos of huma thouht heesut s that the presupposos of siece e oaymistake for ts s Eoms is ei tauht wthout ay aaeess of e ew of huma ature thatees peset-ay ecoo theory. fact, may
eoomsts are themseves uawae of the fact that suh aew is mpct he teach a that ey thetheores woud have to chae that ew chaed Howou thee e a ratoa teach of poits withotpressg a questios ak to ther metphysa oots?Potica thg mut ecesay ome ofused
ed "oubetk there is a otue efusal toadmt the serous suy of the metaphysa ad talobems ivoved The ofusio aready o geat att is egitimate to out the euatoa vae of suymay of th socaled humasti sbet I saysocaed ecause a subect that oes ot make expt
ts ew of hua atue ca hay e ed mstAl subjets o mater how spease are oete
wih a cetre; they are ke ays emaa from a suThe ee is osttue by ou most basic ovctos ythose eas wch reay have the power t move us Ioer wods the cete cosss of metaphyscs a ets
of ieas hatwheher w ke it o ottasce thewor of fats Bease tey trasce the wor of factsthey aot be poved o sprove y orary setmetho u tt oes ot mea that hey e prey"ubtive o reatve o mere arbtry oveosey mt be te to eay athou tey trased the
wo of factsa apparet prao to ou postvstcers f hey e ot te to reaty the aherece tosuch a set of e must evtaby ea to sste
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Educion c elp us oly i oduc "whole men.T uly ducad m o a m wo ow a bi ofeveg, ot v m wo kow ll da of ubjec uc a g wr oibl) : wol
ma i fc my a lil dild owledg of fcd hoe may u Enccpa annca beca e ow d e d' bt bu n ouc th t et He wi o b i douabou bic coio bou iw o maig ad uo of lif H my o b abl o xli
mae i wod bu conduc of lif wio c u o ouc wc m o i clty
I a ry to xla lil fu wat a byc um acivty i a rg omg
ougt of good i o mo uology but l u t k ig quo Good fo wom?ood fo vg o So u o ore ou d oodae miold g ud di vig a ly o coud cotdico -fag d oby gy dciv
T c obvously, i lc we oca fo lf a odly ym of ida bout f d wold wc c ul deco of ao vig f e e gie y oug o (bcu i away buy wi mo imoai, o oud o ubl o hl
goic e wil o by y mean b m iwl be ld w l oe val id wc i o way oo a d o mid duig D Ag v ed o ow w id a lly o boday oa di o meg d uo of uxie o r ldig o e ol dei o ayo
wo lly beieve i em Foualy id e i ofe moe eig mid d efuo ac ee id i u wg ma i
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aed from despair but landed in confsion. is fundmen conctons ae confused; ence his actions, tooare onused and uncertan If e woud only alow tet of consciousness to fal on te ntre and face e
question of hs fundament convictons, e coud createoder were tere is disorde That woud educae" him the sense of leadin out of te dakness of hismeapysca couson.
I do not k, owever tat tis can be successfulydon unless he que conscioly acceptseve f ony po
isionalya number of etahysica idea whic aelmost drey opposie to te ideas (temm from teneteen entuy) at have oded in s mnd I shmenon tee exapes.
e te nineteencenty ideas deny or oblieraete eracy of leves n te uverse, the notion of an
ierarcca order is an ndispensabe nsmen of understandn. Wtout e reconon of Levels of Bei orGrad of Siicance we cnot mae te world ntelble to ourseves no ave we he stest possbiliyto dee ou own positon te positon of man, n thesceme of e uvese I is ony wen we can see the
wod as a ladder, and wen we can see mans postion onte adder ta we ca recose a meainful task formans le on eath Maybe it is m's tasko mpy you lik mans apnessto attain a er deee ofealisaton of s potentiaties a er level of be oade of sncance" t at wc comes to m
naturlly" : we cnot even study ths possby excepty reconsn te estence of a heaccal stctre. oe extent tat we interpet e world trou te reat
vita ideas of te neteent centuy we ae bld to thesederences of eve, because we have been bnded
s soon, owee as we accep the estenc of leves
of bein," we can ready understand fo insance, wye metods of pyscl scence cot be ed o estudy of poltcs or econocs or wy te dns of
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p hysicsas Einstn conisdha no posophcaplcatons.
f w accpt th Aistotian vson of taphysisnto ontooy and pstolo th poposton that th
a ls of bin is an ontoloica poposition I nowadd pstmoloca on: th natu o ou thin such that w cnnot hlp tnkn n opposts
t s asy nou to s tat al tou ou ivs wa facd wit t ask of concil oposts whch, oica thouht cannot b concd Th typica pob
s of l a isoub on th lvl of bn on whchw nomally d ouslvs. How can on conci thdand of fdom and discpln in ducaton? Countss ot and tachs, fact do it but no on canwt down a solution Ty do it by bin nto thsituaton a foc that blon to a hih v wh
opposits a tanscnddth pow of lovG N Ty ha put fowad th tms divnt
and "connt to distnuish pobls wic cannot bsovd by loical aon fom thos tat ca L isbin pt oin by dvnt poblms wc ha to bvd and a sold only in dath Convnt poblmson th oth hand a 's ost usful nnton ty donot as suc xist n ality but a catd by a pocsso abstaction. Vn ty a bn sold t solutoncan wittn don and passd on to ots wo canappy t without ndin to poduc t ntal o
ncssa to nd t I this w th cas wth hunationsin fa lif conocs poltics ducationand so fohwll I a at a loss ow to nish t sntnc T wold b no o huan laons but onychanical actons lf woud b a n dat Dint pobs as w fo man to stan slf to a
l abo himsf y dand and tus poo thsupply o focs fo a i tus bin lobauty oodnss and tut into ou Jis t is only wt
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he hep of hese igher orces ha he opposie can beeconced n he ivg suao.
The physcal scieces d mhematcs e cedexcusvely wih covegen pobems Tha why hey
ca pogess cumuaivey, ad each ew geneaio cabeg jus where hei orbeas ef o The pce oweve is a heavy one Deag eusvey wih covegen pobems does o ead io e bu away o i
Up h g o hiy, or byond it [wot Chal Dn h uoborphy] potry of my knds . v pu d vn hooy k s d-ht Shkepr pclly n th hstoc py I hvlso d t fomy pctur v onsidb nd
mus vy , dh But ow fo ny yars I no
ndur o d ln o pory: hve y o rd
Shksp nd ound so nobly du t t nustd
I hv lso ost lot y st o pcur or mus My d ms hv bo nd o mchn ornd gnr w ou of clton o c buwhy hi shoud hv cud h ophy o h p of hbr on on wch t hhr t dpnd co
oncv T os of hs tst a oss of hppnss
nd y possby b njurous t intlt nd mor
pobby o h mor chc, by nbln th moionp o ou nu2
Ths impovesmen so movgy descbed by Dwin w ovehem o enire civisaio i we pemh cuen edeces o conne hich Giso cas "he
eesio o posive sciene o oca acs A divegeprobems ca be uned no onvergen pobems by apocess o educon he esu hoeve is he oss oa ghe oces o enobe huma e and he degadao no ony o he emoioa pa o ou ae buaso as Dawi sensed of our ee ad mo chaac
e he sns ae everwhere visbe odayhe e poem of g- poics economis
edcao maage ce aly proems o over
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coin or recocig opposes ey ar dverge prob
es and ave no souion in e ordiay sense of eord Tey demad of ma no merey e empoyenof s easoni powers bu e come of s woe
pesoaiy. Nauray spurious souons by ay o acever foua e aways ben pu foard bu eyever wor for on, because ey varaby negec oneof e o opposies ad ose vey quay ofun ife. ecoomcs e souon oered ay prode for freedo bu no for pnnng o vce versa In
ndusra orasaon ay provide for dscpe bno for orers' paricipao n anagement o ceversa In pocs ig proide for eadersp woudeocracy or aan for democracy wou eadersp.
To ave o grappe dvergn probems ends oe exausn, worry, d eaisome. Hce peope
ry o avod ad o ru away fro . A busy eecuvewo as bee deai w dverge probes a dayon w read a deecive soy or sove a crosswordpuze on s ouey ome He as been usi s brana day y does e go on usig ? e swer s ae deecve soy ad e crossword puze prese
converge probems d a s e reaxaion Teyrequre a b of brainwor, even dicu braiwork buey do no ca for s stan ad srecig o ager eve wc is e specc caege of a dvernprobem, a probem wc irrecocabe opposes aveo recoced. s oy e aer a are e rea
s of ifenay u o a rd cass of oos wc rey
beon o meapyscs, aou ey are noy considered sepaaey eics.
Te os powerfu deas of e neee cenuy, aswe ave see e ded or a eas obscured e woe
cocep o eves of bei d e dea a some gsare er oes. s, of coure as mea edesco of ecs wc s bed o e dsncon of
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good ad ev caimig that ood is hgher ha ev.Aga he sis o the athers are eg visted o the
thid ad ourth geras wo ow d hemselvgrowig u wthout mora sctio o y id The me
who coceved the idea that moraly s bu" did sowith a mid wellsocked with moral deas B the dso the thrd ad ouh geeratos are o loger well-stocked wth such deas: they are wellstocked with as
coceved the ieteeth cetuy, amey hat mor-ity is buk" that eveyhg that appears to e higher s
reay othg ut somehig ut ea ad garThe resultg couso s idescibabe. at s the
bd, the Gema say the gudig image i
accordace with which youg peope coud to o
ad educate themelves? Tere is oe or ather tere s
such a muddle ad mess o mages tht o sesible
guidace sses rom them. The tellectuas whose u-to it would be to get these thigs sorted out sped
their time procag that evethig s reativer
someig to the same eect Or they deal with etica
mates erms o the most uaashed cyicsm.
sha ve a exampe aready auded to aove. It s
siicat ecause t comes om oe o the mos iue
tial me o o time the ae Lord Keyes For at leas
aother hudred years, he wote e must preted ouseves ad to evey oe that ai is ou ad oul is
a; o ou useu ad air is ot. Avarce d usuy
ad peauto mt e our gods or a ie loge sllWhe great ad bin me ak e hs e caot
e sursed there arises a cea cousio bewee
air ad ou whih eads o do a as og as thgs
are uiet, ad o cme h hey get a it moe vely.
Tha avice usuy, d precuio ( eoomic scur
y) shoud be our gods was merey a bigh dea orees he surey had oer gods But d are the most
poweru thgs o eat nd t s hardy a exaggeato
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t sa that b n the gs he recmmened have eenentne.
ethcs as n s man ther es, e have recklessld fu abanne ur great cassa-Chstan het
age We have even egrae the ve rds thuthch ehca suse ct carr n, rds le vre"ve, "temerance A a resut, e are tta gantttal uneucated the suject that, f a cncevaesubects s the mst mpnt We have n deas t thth an therfre are n t rea t beeve that
ethcs s a e here thg es n g h ksatng ta f the Seven Dea Sns r f the Fudna Vues Wh cud even name them? Ad ese venerae d eas are tught nt t e theng aut, hat ne eas have taken ther place?
Wat s t take the place f the su and ledestr
g metaphscs erted frm te neteenth centu?The task f ur genertn I ave n dubt, s ne fetaphsca recnstctn It s nt as e had tvent ang ne t the se tme t nt gdenugh ere t reve t the ld flatns Our tasand the task f all eucatns t uerstand e
present rld, the r ch e lve and mae chces.
Te prems f eduatn are merel reectns f thedeest prems f u age. Te cat be sved brgasatn adnstratn, r e expendture f neeven hugh the mpanc f a these s nt deed e
are suerng frm a metaphsca sease, an the cureust therere metaphcal Eduatn hch fs tlarf ur centra cnvctns s mere tranng r nugence Fr t s ur cetr cnvctns that are dsrerd, as lng as the present antmetaphsca temper perssts, the srer l g rse dn, far fr
rankg as man's greaest resurce, then e an agentf destctn accrdc the prncpe cptptm pssm
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The Ppe Use f Lad
Amo mr ou h ga uquoab i S o oct ou ccom o p cocuo a o wa fu
T and ca h opo a opoi carr a
mn ai o i b incud ma 9Tom Da ad Vo G Ca bo y pdooi pubd a book cad Topso Cviso I cao do b fo pupo of capa quo om of op paap:
Cvie man was ly aways ab bcom mastr
of s omt tpoaiy. Hs chf toubls camfom h dio that h tpoa mthp wa pmat thought of hf "mst of wo,whi f to udtad ful th aws of atu.
Ma whh id o aa a hl of at-h i ot th a of tu ut cofom hs
ato to t atua aw f h to ata hsdomac o h ot Wh h ts to cicut th aw of t h ualy dto th ataiomt that sut h A wh hi iotoat ad hs to ds
O ma ha a f out of htoy b ayhat civiid ma h ahd ao th fa of th ath
ad lft a h fott. Th tatt ay bowhat of a xao but t i ot wthout foutio i a h po mot of t a o whch
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Eugene Rnw edirnie e Bof St
Te only imals [e ays (i ims of 29 Ap, 1972),wose disapparace may reate te biooica viaiiy ma o eart ae te bacteria oaly aig ou boe.For the et ee s o cvci p at maid couo suvve eve e oy im seces o eat! Ioomica ways coud be deveoed o syesisi oodom oac rw maeals-wch key to appeooe o aera may eve be abe to become d
pedet o pas o wic e ow depeds ou o d
I pesoyad I uspc a vas mjoiy o awoud udde at e idea [o a abitat wiout lad plts] But lios o ihais o "cy ueso Ne Yor Cao do o Toyo ave ow uad pet ter woe le a pacicaly azoc abtateavi out ra mice cocroace d ote ooxou pce) ad av uiv
Eugene Rwc uy nide e ainlly jue een. He dele mnyiny unjue ing e een wen n een
yee y ey eue ceniu ecedne nu ecgic ye eir nreniliy d e dnge un inererence wie
W i il ced n e
e nue r cd i ece enc yneie d ng eriwic lky en ner ei we ece indeenden ln e cnnein eween l d iin w e ken O w i e uen ugge e Pe Ue Lnd e n ecnicl
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raona hkg a a epesed by e las woquoios
Thee ae aays some ngs whc we do for eow sae, and ee are oe ngs wc we do fo
some ohe pupose Oe of e mos mpoa asks foany socey s o dsigus ewee ends and measoeds ad o ave some so of coesve vew ad ageemn abou hs s he and mey a meas of poducoor s i someig moe somehg a is a ed i isef?Ad whe I say lad I cude e creaues upo
nyg we do jus o he sae of dog does oed sef o uaa caculaio or isace mos ofus y o keep ouselves easoaby cea Wy Smpyfor hygieic reasos o e hygec apec is seodywe ecogse cleaness as a value n sef e do ocacuae is vaue he ecoomc cacuus simply does o
come I could be agd a o was s unecoomic: coss e ad money ad poduces ohigexcepceaess ee ae many acives wch ae oalyuneomc, bu ey ae caed on fo e ow saesTe ecoomiss have an easy way of dealng w emey dvde a uma acves bewee poduco ad
cosumpo. Ayg e do ude e eadg ofpoduco s subec o e ecoomic cacuus adyg we do uder e eadg of cosumpio" iso Bu ea ife s vey refacory o suc casscaios, because maaspoduce and maascosume is ac he same a wo s aways producg ad co-
sumg t e Eve a wore i s facocosumes ceai ameiies" comoly refeed o asworg codios, and we sucen ameese povided he canoor efuses oay o Adeve e ma wo cosumes waer a soap may be sado be poducg ceaiess.
We poduce orde o be abe o aod ceai amees ad comos as cosumers. f oweve, somebody
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as a statement at tat tey ae in a ertain sesesaed Man as nt made tem and it s iratina mt treat tngs tat e as t made and annt mae adannt reeate ne e as spit tem in te sae
mane ad spirit as e s etted t eat ts isn magTe ige anmals ave an enmi vale eae
tei tlty bt tey ave a meta-enm vale i temselves I I ave a ar a mamade tg I mgt qtelegitimatey are tat te best ay t se it s eve t
bte abt matenne and simpy n it t in. I aydeed ave alate tat ts s te mst emiametd se I te alati s et nbdy aitiise me ating ardingy tee is ntgsared abt a man-made tng ke a ar Bt avean aimalbe t ly a a r a ea ivg sensitive
reatre I alled t tt t as tng a tyAm I aled t n t t riIt s se trying t anse s qestins siet
ally. ey are metapysial nt set qestins It sa metapysial e iely t prde te gavest pata seqenes t eqate a" and aima
ant ter tility ile aiing t egise e mstndamental dieree etee tem tat eve beng" reigs age s it amsed temptp te aled statement by eligin elped rbeas t appeiate metpysa trts Ad te dGd tk ma ad pt i in te Gade Ede"t
t be dle bt t dress it and keep t." And e as gavema dmnn er te s n te sa and te in tear, ad e evey lvng being tat mves pn teeart" Wn e ad made e bst te ea ates kind ad atle ater tei kd ad eveytig tateepet pn te ert ate s kind" e sa tat t as
gd Bt e e sa eveytig e ad mae teentie bispee as e say tday bed it as gd Man e iest s eates as give
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"domon, o he rgh o yrase, o i adexermae. I s us ag about he igty of mahou accpting ha bs og For ma o umsel no a wrogful reaons wth anals ad
aricuarly hose og domesticaed y im has always al raitios bee cosere a horrbe ad nielydagerous g o o. There have been no sages hoymen or n anyboy ese's hsory who were ce omas or who ooked uo hem as nog u uesd innumerabe are e legs ad sores whic i
sancy as wel as hess with a lovg nessowars lower creaioI is eresg o note ha oe man s bng od
ame f cic ha he s realy og u aaked ae or eve a acceal coocaon of �tosNow we ca ee a says Professor Joshua Ler
berg. "Geoycly at east e s s fee a aricularmoecuar sequence of ca hydroge oxygen nitrogead hoshos atoms"2 A oe ma hs so"humy of hmsef, he thk eve more ;hby ohe aias ch seve hs ees: an reats hem as ey wer maches. Other, less sohscaedr s i
ess derave?-eoe take a er aude AsH eg Hal rorted from Bua
To [the Burmese] men ae me and ae anmal
nd e e fa he hihe. B he does no dece fom ha ma's spey give eson o -rea amas I js he evere because man is
ch hhe ha e ma ha he can d ms oseveow amas he vey eaes ce, fee fo hem he eaes comasso be od o hem in ee way hea Bumeses moo sho be nb obg How he mea if he kows o he wod
In Pro we ea tht e jus ma kes care of i
eas bu he hea of h wcke s erciess a Stma Aia w I is evet ha f a a racses a comssoat aecto for anmals h s a te
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mor disposd o f compasso fo hs lowe." No
on vr rasd quston of w y could ordo accordc w s covcos A of vaus, o ds-nmsvs r s o quso oaordg
Wh apps o aimas upon h ad appsquay, and ou any suspco of say o ad sf ou iorac ad grd aga daga dsroyd fy o so o suc a xna wol cviisaons foundrd, av b o
ado acgs wc ad to ros macoomc au ad scac of rous atAd wr s tacs r dd o oy agcu
u bu aso a ot cors of csao acda d onss Covrsy wr pop madha y could not aord o ca fo so ad work
w atur nsad o aas rsuan sckss f soi as arably mpad scss o a oh
factors of clsato
I our , ma danr to so, ad hwo ony o aculu but o cvsao as wol, smsfrom th oman's dtrmatio to appy o arcuur
h prcps of dus No mor c prsaof s tndncy coud b foud tan Dr Scco Maso o, as VcPrsdn of h Europa E
omic Couny aucd Maso la foruropa Acuur H bvs a fas ara roup a as st no gaspd rapd cgs
socy" Mos of tm ou o g ou of fag adbcom ndustal laours n cts bcau facoworkrs m o budn ss ad os dmsrav jobsav a v-day wk and wo ws auaoday ardy Soo y my av a ourday wkad our ws oday p yar d fam: he
condemed o wokn evendy eek bece he edy co h no e been inened nd he ge no holdy ."4 T Msot a accordy s dsgd o
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acheve as qky as haney possbe, te amagamaton of many sma fiy fams nto arge agictaunts opeated as f they wee fates and the maxmate f edcton n the ommnty's agclta popa
ton. Ad s to be gen "whh wd enabe the de aswe as the yoge faes to eave agctre5
the dscsson f the Manshot Pan agc sgeneay efeed to as one f Epe's dstes eueston ases f whethe agcte s n fat an ndsty whethe t mght e someting ess de
ent Not ssngy as ts s a metaphysca eteconcestn t s neve ased by enomsts
Nw the fndamenta prncpe of agte s thatt deas wth fe that s to say wth ving sstaces spodct e the es of pesses f fe and measf podctn s the vng so A cbc centmete f
fele soi ontas mards of vng ogansms the fexpoaton f wch s fa eyond the apactes of man.The fndaent pnpe f mde ndsty on thete hd s that t deas wth an-devsed poessswch wok eay ony whe apped t mndevsednonvg mateas he dea of ndsty s the ea
ton f vng sbstces Manmade mateas ae pefeabe t natra mateas eca we can mae them tomease and appy pefet aty onto Mamademanes wo me eaby and moe predtaby thdo sh vng sbstanes as men The dea of ndsty sto eate the ng fato een ncdg the hm
facto nd to t the podctve pocess ove tomaches. s red oth Wtehead dened fe as anensve dreted agast the epttos mehansm ofthe nvese so we may dene mde dstry as anensve agast the npedtabty npntaty ena waywadness ad cssdness of vng nate ncd
ing mnIn ote wrds thee an e n dt tht the nd
enta pnes f agtre and of ndsty fa
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produton." A wde ew see agulte a ang tfu at leat thee tak:
-to ep man n toc t ing natue, of c e and ea a y vlneabe a;
to uae d enole ' de atat andto ng fot te oodt d ote matea c
ae needed fo a econg le.
I do not eee tat a caton wc eone onyte td of tee ta and w e t wt c
tene ad oence tat te ote two tak ae noteey nelected t teataly oteated a any
anc of longte alToday, we take de n te fact tat te poorton of
ole enaged n acte a fle to e low leeand onte to fal Geat Btan oduce oe ixt
e cent o t ood eqeent we oly tee per entof t okng oaton ae wog on fam teUnted State tee wee tl twentyeven e ent f tenaton woke n ate at te end of Wod Wa Iand fourteen e ent at te end of Wod Wa II teetate fo 1 7 ow ony 44 pe ent ee dene
te ootion of woke engaged n agculte aegenealy oated wt a ae gt fo te landand a geong of cte At te ae te, oweve toote Lew Hebe
Metropo lfe is bekng down, ycholocy eco-
omy d oocay. o of peope hve coeded rekdon by otg t ei fee ey eped up her beo d If they hve eebe o ever he conecto th te metrop t ehey he tred oc ymptom he eo i�cntO
te at oden town ay M Hee te an
dwee oe oated tan ceto wee n teontde: e cty an a moden etoo areaced a degee of anony, oa atoaton and
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sprtual solat( that s virtaWy unecedented humhsto."
wat does he do? He res to get nto the suburbs
becomes a comuter Beuse ra cutre brokedon, the ra peope are eeg rom the ad; andecause metropotan e s beang dow, ur peopfeae eeng rom the ctes Nobody accordng to DrManshot, " od te xuy o ot ag economcay12 wth the resut that evewhere e teds to
become toerabe or yone except te ve rchI agree wth Mr Herber's assetion tat reconcatoo m ith the na word s o oger erely desrabe t has become a necesst And ths caot eacheved by toursm, sghtseeg or other ese-teactvtes but oy by caging the stucture o agrtue
a decton exactly opposite to that poposed by DrMahot and supported by the expes quoted above:std o seachng or mea to aceerate the dt outo agrculture we sod be searchg or poces toreconstruct ra cuture to ope te and or the gauoccupaton to ager numbes· o people, whether t e o
a utme or a pattme bass d t orette a ouactons on the d towards te theeod dea o hetbeauty ad peaence
Te soc sctu o agctue wc as bee produced byd s genery hed to otan justcatonomagescae mecansaton ad eav checsa
to, maes t possbe to eep ma n rea touch wthvng natue act t supports a the most dangerousoden tendeces o vioece aleato, ad envonmenta destrcto Heah, beauty, and permaence aehardy eve respectabe subects or dusson and ths syet aothe exampe o te dsregard o hu values
and ts mes a dsregard o mawich evtabyresus om e oat o ecoosm
auty is the spendour o tuth, arcture canot
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l s second tak, which o humn nd enoben's wder b ue cngs fthuy and asiduousy o he s eveed by nue ng pocees.One of em s he w of etu; anthe dvecaon-as agans ny kd of mncutue anohe deeson, so hat me ue c be found f even quteeor euce whch would ever be aona oanspo ver ong dstances Hee gn, both e tendof gs nd he dce f the expe s he eclyoppose decnowads e duaton nd
depersonaston of agcutue wds concenraonscson and any kd f mtea wae h proeo sve abou As a eu the wd humn hba ff beg umaned and ebed by ans gcuuaace becomes sddsed o eares or evendegraded o uges
s s g doe becae mspducer cnaod "he uu no acg econcy and theefore canno pduce the ve necey uueseea beauy, nd peencewch maacoedesre oe thn thg ee I woud co o mucd e che we become, he e we can ad Te
afoemened epes cacue th he buden fcr sppo w he Cmmunty o he Samouts neay thee pe cent f Goss NtlPduc a mout he cnide fa fm neggbeW an annu gwth te of ve th pe ce ofoss Naona duct, e mgh have thogh hat uch
a buden coud be ced whu dcuty bu theepets pot out th naon euces ae gey cmtted to pel conump nement ad pubcserces By ug s age popon f eouces prop up declg entep, whethe agcuue r dut, he Comunty fege te oppouy o
undere neces povement3 ee otheed
Ntg coud be ceae gcute does not pay,
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s jus a "decnng enerprse. Why prop up? There eno necessay mpovemens as regards the lad, buoy as regds faers' comes nd ese can be ade here are ewer armers s is the posophy o teownan aenated fro lvng nature, wo prooe ow scale of prores by argug economc ems hae cao ord any oer In fac any socey canaod o oo ater s and and keep helthy and beau i erpeuy There are no ecca dcues nhee s no ac o reevant owedge There s no need
o consu economc expes when he queson s one ofrotes. We now oo uch abou eog oday o aeany ecuse for e y abuses ·tha e cuenly gogon he anagemen of e an e ageen as, food sorage ood processg, nd heedeurbansaton we perm he hs s no due o poey
we coud no ord sto he; i s u o efact tha a socey we have no r b of belef nany eaeconomc vues d when here is no cbeef he ecnomc cacuus akes over. Ts s ueneabe How could be ohese Naure, ensad abhors a vacuum d when he avaabe "s
ua space s no ed by soe hger ovaon hen wl necessary be ed by soehng ower-by he saea cacuang atttude o e whch s ratonased he economc cacuu
I have no doub ha a calous tude o he an and he anmas ereon is coced wh d sypomatc
of a grea any other attudes such as hose producng anatcsm o rapd change and a ascnaon wh noveesechca orgasatona chemca bioogca so forhwhh sss on her appcaton ong beoreer onge cosequences are even reoey undesood n he smpe queson o ow we rea he
ne o eole our ost precous resource our enre wayo le s vovd ad beore our poces wh eard he and wl reay be change ere wl have o be
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e e f posoc o s eus cgeI s queso f w we c o bu f w wecoose spe ou moey o If we cu e eeou ec f meecomc vue ou
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Resoces fo Ids
The most skin th about mode indstry is tha iteqres so mh and aompishes so ltte Modeindsty see to be ineient to a deee that spassesone's odnar poes of ainaton s eien
theefore remns unnoted
ndstrily the most adaned ounty today isudobtedy the Unted Sttes of mea Wi a poplaton of abot 20 o it otas 56 pe ent of man-knd ith only abot ftyseen peope pe sqare mes aanst a od aeae of oer seentyand bestted holy it the nothern tempeate zone t
aks as one of the et sparsey poplated aeas of theold It has been lated that if the entre odpopuaton ee pt into the Unte Sates it densit opopuation old te be jst abot that of Enand nowThis may be thouht to be n far" ompaison bteen f e take the Uned Kndom as a hole e nd a
poplaton density that is more than ten times that o theUited States (h means that the Unted Stats odaommodate moe thn half the present old popa-tion befoe it attained a density eqal to tha o teUnted Kndom no and thee are man othe idtialised onties hee densties e een hiher Takin
the hole of Erope, exsie of the USSR e d apopuation desity of 247 pesons P! sqare mle o4 tmes ht o the United States t annot be sid
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hereore thatrelavely speangthe Unted Staes isisadvataged by having oo many people and too ltlespace
Nor coud t be sad that te teriory o the UniedStates was poorly endowed with natura esources On hecontrary, in all hua hsory no large terto has eerbeen opened up whch as moe excellent and wonderulresources and although much has been exploted andied snce this sl remains true today
the sae, the idustra! syste of the Unted Sttes
caot subsst o nteal resources aoe and has hee-fore had to etend its teacles rgt aound the globe tsecure ts raw mateal supplies For the 6 per cet ofhe world populaton whch lve the Unted atesreure somehng o the order of oty per cent o heworl's primary resources to eep gng Whenever est-
mates are produced whc relae o te next ten, weny,or y years the message that eees is one of evercreasng dependece o the Unted States economy onraw atera and fuel supples from outsde the unte National Peoleum Council, for stance alculatestha y 1985 the Unted Saes w have o cover f
seven per cent o its total o reureen fro portswhch woud then reatly exceedat 80 iin tonshe ot o po which Western Europe and Japancuently oban from the Middle as nd Afica
dusral sysem wch uses forty pe cen of heworld's primry esources to supply less than sx per cent
o he word popuation could be caed ecien ony itobtaned stnly successful resu n tes o umhappess, webng, cuture ace and amony I donot need to dwel on te fac that he eic systefais o o hs or hat ere ae no the slightest pospectshat i u do so y i aceved a higher rae of
row of producion, associated as i be wit everreater cal upon the wols nite resources Pro-fesso Wter Heler foe hian of he US Presi
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de's Cou of oom dvises o dobt eeedthe opiio of mos mode eoomsts he he epressets ve
We ee exo to ul o to' spros. In
ly poyed g-gowth ecoomy yo hve etcce to fe lc d pte soucs o gh the ble
o , wte oe ouon owgowtecoomy.
" o oeve e ss " suessful eoomy h
ou goh. Bu if e Uited Ses eoom otoeb be suessfu out fure id gothd f th goth depeds o beg be to d everesig resoures fom e rest of the od tbout e oter 944 pe et of mkd ih e so fr"bed meri
If ghgoh eoomy eeded to gh e btegst pouto ih isef ppes to be e resu ofhgh oth ht hope s tere of ever brekig out ofths extrordi rle I y se the questio eedso be sed heher the erths resoues re ikey to edeque or te fuer deelopmet of dustrl sys
tem h osume so mu d omplishes so ittleMore d moe voies re beig herd tod h
lm th they re o. Perps e mos prometmog these oes s t of sud group t te Msshuset Istue of Teoo produed Li o Gow, repot for he b of Romes proe
o the pedmet of mkid. Te report smog oter mtel eesg tbe ih sosthe o globl rsees the umber of ers ogob esees il lst urre glob osumptiortes; te umbe of es o gobl esees il sti osumpto oug o go expoetly d
te umber of yers te oud meet gog osupio the re ve tmes ger th the e
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o to b: all s o ora tuarsors o va poac to dusta socts. Ofpatca tst s t st cou o t tab csos US. ospto % o od oa
grs a as foosAln 4% Mbdenm 40%hmm 9% Nl G 6 3 %C 4% Nikel %C 32% Peem %Cppe Pnm G %
Gd 26% Se 26%Irn 2 in 24%Led 2% Tngte 22%Mngnee % Znc 26%Merc 2%
o o o o of ts coodts s U.S producton
sc o co U.S cospto. Havg calclatd dr ca assuptons ac of s coodts b aud t autos v gna conclso caousl olos
Gven peen ree nmn e nd e rjecenree n hee e the e mjri h cel
prn nnenebe ee ill be eeel cl100 e fm n.
act do not lv ta v c bo odr dt, av dpdn on a norof ntrnatoa ags t t poducg cots
fo t sup o a atras g acd css o uado propoos.
Added t the dlt enmc qein e e
indie ee fe ee beme pbiiel epenive te pndbe pll ef e ep beeen pe nd nme ni
the remnin ere eme nened n meed e e Ree niln S
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A n n susfu d Et u o pre get h e pi quetn y rlng bf t utt cni n
I a pehp usefu, bu hdl eei, fo he
M.I.T goup o mke o m elboae ad hpoheilulo e d, he goups oluio devefom i umpo d doe o equie moe h asimple a of iig o elise iie goh ofmeil oumpio i e old is mpobNo does i equie he ud of lge umbe of om-
modiie, of ed eedbk loops sem dmi adso foh, o ome o e oluio i is Mbe i s uefu o empo ompue fo obigeuls hih a eige peo eh ih hehelp of fe uos o e bak of evelopebeuse he mode old beees i ompues ad
mae of fs d i abho impi Bu i i alageous d oml efdfeig o ad as odes b Beelzebub e pe of he devls
Fo he mode idusl em i o ge heaeed b posible sie ad g pie of mo of hemaeals o hh he MIT ud deoe suh pode-
ou aeio Who od s ho muh of hese ommodiies ee mig be i he us of he eah; homuh l eed b ee moe igeious mehodsbefoe is megfu o a of gobl ehaio homuh migh be o fom he oe d ho muh
migh be eed? Neesi is deed he mohe oiveio ad e eiees of du, melloulsuppoed b mode iee is ulel o be edefeaed o ee fos
It ould e bee bee fo he fuheae of ighif he MI.T em hd oeed is s o e oe
meil fo he vibi of hih i e peodio of l oe d o b
I ve aead auded o e eegy pobem some of
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whch a b a i igy pricab, ahoro amo varay ook a imra coi pa of oa aio, o of wich ipaay prca c par cao b
oo wo rooo giv oy o xamp, a aboa y y opa Coa a S Commiy, rak 1 9 6 0 / 6 povi pci qaaiv awr o vray v qo ayo mg hav w o ak abof a rgy i Commo Mark co p o
7 I a occao o rviw rpo hory frpbicao a i may o b o of pac o qo afw paag from h rviw: 1
t may eem aohg enough tha ayoe shod be ble
o pedic the deeopmet o mier' wage d prodcy hs ow couny teen yeas aead: een more
toniing o d him pedictin e prices and satlantcreight rates o Amecan coal A ceta qalty o coal, e are od wl cos "aout $50 per ton ee Noth
Sa rt 1 970 ad a little more' 975 "out $ 50,he epo ay shod e tae meang yhig
beee $3.75 d $5.5 a margn of nceranty o$50 o ± e pe cent
( fac, h c pic o U.S. coa i ropa poro o b $24 a $2 p o fo w coraccoc Ocor 1970!)
Simialy te pe o uel oil wil e omethig of oder o $ 17-1 9 pe to ie estimaes of aious knae ge fo naura g ad uclea enegy Beg in
he possesion o tese (and my ote act, eahos d t an easy matte to caclate how much ohe Coutys coa poducto l e competitie in1 970 ad te ae s aot 125 mon i a ltte oeha he peset poducto
It fasoa tody to assue a ay ue aout
* Caage ise, eit; e. pce on dele
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fuu puc us u ukw e cu i a u u up f u ccu T i s p u f sc i
i a upi uw Ti a pciucic wic c c pig cu w w i fc pu ju is qui
e su u w p v o up w w pu i accu c pu cic u I wuv cp i ip u u.
s t happeed, the peos paie dd asethe paig eos; the pt of he este opeaoa dus as v ut do to haf s foe
z ot o the Cot t Btai as eBeee 1960 a 970 the epedee o fue poso he Euopea ou ge fo h pe e toove sixt pe et a ht of he Ute Kgdo foteve pe e o oyo pe et Ahoh tas pefet psbe to foesee the toa suato hat
od have e et dug he 90s a heeaftethe goveets of este ope sppoe thegeat aoi of eooss eeae destoyed ealha of he oa ustes as if oa as g bt oeof ueae aeae ootes to e podedas og as it as potae to o so a to e sapped
as soo as podio eased o e potae he questoof hat as o te he pae o igeos oa sppies e g er w ase y ssuaes ha theeoud e auat sppes o ohe ues at o peso the feseae e these asuaes eg asedo ohg othe ha ishl hg
is o as f the as s oa Ja o ioato o hat the poaes happee to have ove-ooed potat as No hee as pety aequate
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of large ol depoit he Shar (whch h duced myeope o believe h he uure propec of oi hve bnudmely ched heeby) ould hry ec hu oe y or oer Pee oio o he expespe o h he hr oil eld my uimey yied
much millio o. Th i impreive uehe hed, e u y he pree u o equirm of Fce; bu i ue iic cobuoo he 6 millio o hich e ume il be dcoved i he foeeeb fuure Th i hy I id "lmoumble becue 6 uch dicoverie h of
h oil re ideed dicu o mie All he e eu ume ey c be mde d ill be mde k herefoe f poved ol reerve houd be
eouh for fory er nd ol o ree or yer- he cure e of coumio Uforuey hoeve he e of oumo i o ble bu ha a lohiory of ro e of i o eve er ce ye
Idee f hi roh opped from o o e could bo queo of ol dpc coal d everybody ppeo be quie code h he oh of ol-e re pekio orld le-ill coiue e ebihed reIdurio i pedi co he old d be crie forrd my y he power of oi Doe y
body ume h hi roe ould uddely ce? If oi mh be orh our hle o coide puey imeicalho lo i could coiue
W propoe o mke o i o redcio buimly elooy lculio or he ee micll i feibiliy udy roh e of eve e me doubl i e yer 97 herefore ord ocoumpio mh be he e of 2 millio o eum [ he eve moued o 2 milio o]he mou ke dur he dcde woud be ouh5 mllo o To mi proved rve mlo o e rovi d he decde ould hve omou o bou o o roved reee hch
re pree or im ul ke would he be olye ime he u e hvg doubl There ouldbe oh iherely abud or 1poble i uch develop
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me Te years, however i a ve sho ie whe we are
deang wth probles o fue suppl. So Je us look a the
olowig te ears eadg up o abou 980 oi osuptio otued o gow at ough see per cet rau i woud rse to abou 0 lo tos a ea
980 he tota ae duig his secod deade woud beoughl 0000 ilio os e "e of poed resees
ere o be aitaed at wet ears-ad few peope
oud are o eage bg ieste withou beig ableo oo o a east wet eas or wrti� the o
woud ot sue erel o repae e ae o 0000 io
os; woud be eessa o ed up with proed esevea 80000 lo tos (wet tes 4000 New dsoees
du tha seod deade woud hereore hae o aou
o o less ha 70000 illio to Suh a ue I sugges alead oos pret fatasti Wha is ore b ha
ie we woud hae used up abou 5000 o os ou oour oral 0000 io tos tota he reaiig
55000 llo tos disoered d otedsoeredould allow a otiuatio of the 1980 rate o osup
io o es tha fot ears No futher atheiadeostratio s eeded to a us rease tha a otua
o o rapd beod 90 woud the be tuall
possbe
hs he he resu o our easbiit sd: here s a uth at all i the estiates o toa eseve
wh hae bee pubsed b the leadg i eoogists
here a be o doubt tha he o dustr wl be abe o
u3ai s estabshed rae o growth for aothe e ears
ere s osdeabe doub wheter t will be able to do so
o twe eas ad hee is alst a etat ta it wi
ot be abe to oue rapd rowth beod 1980 I that
ea or raher aod hat te wold o osutio
would be greaer tha eer beore ad proed oil resees,
absoute aout woud also e the hghes eer here is
o suggestio a the world would hae reahed the ed o
ts oil resoures but t wold hae reed the ed o oil
gowh As a atter o iterst, I t add tha hs ep apps t h ad lad toda wth
aural gas te Ued taes t has eahed ts alte
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Eve today soothsyers e stll at work suggestig thathere s o robem Durg the 96s it was the oilompaes who were the mai dispesers of b assaes athough the gures they provded totaly disproved
their ase Now after eary half the aacity ad muhmore than haf the workabe resees of the westeEroea oal dustries have been destroyed they havehaged their tue t used to be sad that O.ECtheOrgasato of Petroleum Epong Coutreswouever amout to ayhig beause Aabs cou eve
agree with eah other let aoe with noArabs; today its ear that OPE.C s th eatest ctemoooy theworld has ever seen. It used to be sad that the o expong outies dd on the ol oting coutres justas muh as the latter depeded o the former; today it islear that this s based o othg but wsu tkg
eause the eed of the oi osumers is so geat ad theemand so nelstic that the ol eortng coutries atg unson ca fct raise ther reveues by the sledevce of uaing outut There are stil eople who saythat f oil pres rose too muh (whatever that may meaol woud rce tsef out of the market but it s erfecty
obvious that there s o ready substtute for o to take itsplae o a quantitatively sigicat scae so that o iat aot rie itsef out of the maret
he o producg countries meahle are begigto realse that money aloe aot buid ew soures ofliveod for thei opuations To ud them eeds i
addto to moey mmense eots ad a great dea of tme is a "wastig asset ad the faster t is alowe towaste the shorter s the te avaiable for the develoment of a new basis of eonomc existence The ocu-sios ae obvious : it is the rea longerterm interest ofbo the ol eorng d the ol mortig countes that
the lifesa of oi shoud be prologed as much as possi-be e former ed time to deeo ateratve soucesof liveood ad he later eed tme to adust thei o
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t s t stut-w s bsutlyrt t rs wt t lt st gtywh l wl b sr v r Th grtstgr t bth s tut r grwth l
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austed, bu s crengly recoied ha her fe e ad sasfaory aeaves must be fod. The uge
ipe eeds of deveopg ourie, he rease opuao he ae a whh ome oue o ery aebg ed up whou muh apae ought of the oe
quee he bee a fuure reoe be avaabeo a eve-eg oom o ad he hard whuear power ma brg s a are a fato whctrbute o the owng o
s a y "gwg cncr dd n s s 1960s, ug c ny Bs cndusy ws bndnd s "uncnmcnd ncbdnd, s uy s -nd s snsng dspt ng cnc, s cnnungssu m gy u qurs g n pcsus "cnc sns
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of nau agsa nuca sson s undoubdy
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a uc o nsu nuca ow saons anwhn h wod fo d ay sk h h su ha sa gsaon has had o b sd whby h Sa
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ap bg lablt Y ud o o hazadmai, ad uh haldom o th gio o o-omi ha h oly qto ta appa to h govm o th publ whth pay
no a h w ay la o uthotativ voo wa u t o lpha bta, ad gamma ay onliig tiu a py wll ow : adatiopati a ik bull tag to a oam ad th
damag hy do dpd pimaly o th doag ad hyp o l y ht. A log ago a 92 th Aan
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ad by h adao but thi opi a wll.A w dmno i giv ao by h a tha w
a now aad doa adioat lh nohng h a do o du th adioativo h ha ad m No hmial ato, o phy-
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iy o adao o it ha bn t gog. Cabon4h a hall o 5900 ya, whh man tha aaly 600 ya o t adoavty o d to o-hal o wha t wa bo. Th hai o tontum90 iwygh ya But at t lgth o th hal- om adiaion onnu almot dity ad
th ohg ha a b do abou t xpt o yad pu th adioat uban to a a pla.
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dumpd o h dpt pa o th o on thaumpio at no li oud ubi a uh dpt 0 Bhi ha n bn dipod by So dpa xploa
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og but rauiy, fm o stretces befoe ese-at e fuue cous as ig cmpaei e sges ecmc ga o
Meae, a umber of aurties are eage
eg maximu permssbe coceraos (MPs)a maxmum permssbe eves (MPLs) f varusaacive eees. Te PC puts t ee equatiy f a gve aactve substace a e umaby ca be o accumae. Bt i is k aay accumuati pruces bogica amage Sice e
't ko ta ese eecs ca be competey recveerm, bves te U Nava Raoogca Laboatye ave to a back o a bira ecis abou uc e put up t; ie. at s accpabe" o persse"-t a sceic ig bu a amstaiveecisi0 We ca arly be suprise e e o
ustag ielligece a egrty suc as bertceitzer refuse o accept suc amsraive ecisosi equaiy: W as give em e rgt t ts? is eve etile o gve suc a pemssi Testr of ese ecisos is o say te eas isquetge Brs Meica esearc Cuc e sme teve
ears ago tat
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violence athe than vio: toa an hmonioscoopeatio wth ntue the thn a wae aginstnatue towas the noseless loneg elegan anconomical soluions noa applie in nate athethan the noisy highenegy butal wasteful an clusysolutons of ou pesentay scien.
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Techgy wth
Huma FaceTe moden world as ben aed by is meapyssw as saed ts edaon n as bougtfor is see ad enooy o wot gon bk tometpyss nd ato we a say tat e modworld as been sapd by eholoy. It tbles romriss to rss o al sds ee a popeies of disasternd, ndeed vsbe sigs of bedown
If at w b sad by oloy and onts o b so sad ooks sk, t gt b wise to ave ook at chnoogy itef I eoogy is f o beong oe ad oe a we gt do well toosd wt it s ossb o have soetng betr tecooy w a a
nge to say eoog atoug of ourse the pr
t of , teds to deveop by its ow laws nd prin
iples d tese re ve dierent from hose of hmtre or of iving nte n geer Nre lwys so to
pe kows where nd wen to stop Greater eve thn
e myster of ntrl growt is te mystey of the
trl esston of growt. There is esre i tral thigsin their sze speed or violee. As
resut te sysem of ntre of w m is pt tendto be selfblang, seadustg, selfensng. Not sowit tehnoogy or perhps should sy not so wt
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man domiated by echology and speciasaon Techology recogses o seflimiing pncipe erms, forsace of size speed, or iolece I erefore does oossess the irtes of beig -balancing, self-adsg,and elfcleansng n the sbtle sysem of atre ecology, and n paticlar h sperechnology of themode orld ac lke a foregn body nd tere areo nmeros signs of rejecto
Sddenly f not altogeher srprisngly he modeold shad by mode tecology nds self noled
hee cses smltaeosly. First hma are reoltagais hman techologcal, orgaisaoal, and polical pars wch i epeencs as socatg addebiating secod he ling enronet hich spposma life aches ad goas and ges sgns of parabreakdo; and hd i is cear o ayone flly kowl
edgeable the sbject matter ha the nroads being madeto he orld's nonreneabe resorces paclayhose of fossi fels are sc ha sero boteeck adia exason loom aad he qe foreseeablefe
Ay one of hese thee cises or esses ca rn o
o be deadly I do o ko which of the three s the moslikely o be he diec case of colape Wha is qieclear s ha a ay of lfe that bases tsel omaerism o pemaen imiss epansioism in ane eonmen canot lat lo ad hat s lfeepectaio s the shore he more sccessfy prses
s expasonst objeces.If e ask whee he empeos deelopmens ofod ndy dng he la aercenry hae taens the awer is somewha scoraig Eeyhere hpobems sem o be growig faser ha e soosls seems o aply o he rich coes jt as mch as
o the po hee is othi he epeienc of he aseye years o s a mode coogy as weko ca reay hep s o aleae ord poery ot
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to mention the poblem of unemloyment whic aeady
reach levels ke tiy pe cent in may so-cadeveloping coutes, and now teatens to bomeendemic also in many of he ch counies. In any case,
he apaent yet illuso successes of the last wenyveyeas canot be epeated : the hreefol cisis f whic I
ae spoken wi see to that. So we had bette fa tequesion of technologwha does t do and what sould do? Can we develo a technoloy whic eally helps us
to solve ou problemsa echnology wih a um ace
The ma tas of echnolo it would seem is tolighten te bden of wok man has to cary n oder to
stay aive and develop his otenial is eas enoug tosee at techolog fls ts pupose when we watc y
paticula piece of macne at woka compute, fo
ice can do in seconds wha it would take cleks or
even mathemaicians a vey long ime, if they can do aal. It is oe diclt to convin onself of the tt o
hs simple oosiin when one loos at whole socetes
Wen I st began o tavel the wold, visiting ich and
poo cuntes alike I was emed fomulate the
aw of economics as follows "The amont of eal lesue
a society enjoys tends to be in invee pooion to teamount of labosaving machne it employs It mi
be a good idea fo the ofessos of economics o u hisoostion into hei examinaion as and ask theirpul to dicuss i Howeve hat may be the evidence s
ey sog indeed If you go fom easy-going England to
say, Geany o he Unied as you nd that eoplehee live unde mch o stain han he And if youmove to a count le Bm which is vey nea to heboom of he league able o inusal ogess, yo ndthat eole have an enomous amoun of leisure eally toenoy themselves Of couse, as hee is so much less
labousaving machine o help them hey accomplishmuch ess tan we do; but tha is a deent o Te
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fact remain that the buden of lvng rt muc more
lghtly on thir houde than on our.
h quton of what technology actualy doe for u sthrefore wothy of nvetgaton t obvouly aty
reduce om knd of work whl t ncrea other kndThe type of ork whch mode technology i mot ucful reducing or ven elmnatng klful, productv work of human hd, n touch t real matra ofon knd o another In an advanced dutral octuch work ha becom exceedngly rar d to ma a
decnt lvg by doing uch ork ha becom vrtuallympobl. A great pat of th mode neroi may bedue to thi vry fact; for the human beng, deed byoma Auna a a bng wth bra nd andenjoy nothing mor than to b creatvly uefully pductvely engaged th both hi hand and bran
oday, a peron ha to be ealthy to b able to enjoy thmple g, th v great luury : e h to be abl toaord pac and good tool e ha to be lucky noughto nd a good acher and pleny of fee tm to leaand practe He rally ha to be rch nough not to nda job for the numbr of job that would b afactoy
tee rpct ve mal ndeed extent to whc mode technoogy takn over
the work of human and may b lutrated follow
W may k how much of "total ocia tm-tt toy th tim al of u have togethr, wentyfour hou a
day each actually engaged rel roducton Rther
e than onehalf of th total populaton of t country a thy ay, gainfully ocupied d about onethrd of are actual producer n agcultr, ng contcton, and dutry do mean c c notopl ho tel other peopl hat to do or account forth pat, or plan fr the futue o dtut at other
ople have poduced In oter od rather le thanont of th tota populaton i engagd n actu
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roduion o r o m uppo ve obid im o wi wo giu mpo oning o r poduion nd r no gin-u mpod ow u mpod po owig
o oid ikn d o n pnd oon o i o im on o I oow popoion o o oi im p o u ou-ionin te ow n wi I m uig i oug, o o onid o onf ie. 3
pr n. T o 96 p n o oi te" is
pn in o w ding ping ing wniion doing ob not diecy produiv ou k ii n im mo or um
Aoug i i of gurig wok nd no be taketoo i, i qui dqu sevs to sho hat
tecoogy h eabed us to do: aey, to edu the
amout of time actuay spet o pducto its mostelemetary sese to such a ty pecetage o a oc
tie that it paes ito sgcace that t caries o eeght et oe prestige. Whe yo oo at dsti
socey ths way yo caot e supe o d th
prestge is cared y tose ho hp the ohe 96 pe
cet o o soc time praiy the ettae taso the executors o Priso's Law act oe mgh
pt the ooig poosto to studts o socoogT pi rid by pop n mod idu soci-
i in in propoion o i n to actuapoduio
T i ur ron fo i T process of co-ing podui im o 3 1/2 pr n o o oi tmhas d ini eect of k a oa huapu d tisation ot o the te spet o this
wok Viu rea produon has ee tued to aium co hc do ot erich a a t epties
im From fo it hs ee d dd go o impod, wher me there are corrupted ddegradd
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We may say, therefore tat mode tecnoloy aepre man o te kin of work tat e ejoy most,creatve uefu ork wt ands ad ba and vem penty of ok of a amented knd most of c e
oes ot enoy at a t a mutped te umbe ofpeope o are exceegy busy dn kids of orkwc f it s productve at a, so ony a drect or"rouabout way and muc of c ou ot beecesa at a f tecnooy ere rater ess mode.Kar Ma apear to ae foresee muc of t we e
wrote : Tey ant pouctio to be mte to usefutn but tey oret ta te producton of too manyuefu tins resuts too many usess people to cwe mt add parcuary en te proceses of produco are oes an borin A tis com our supcotat moer tecnooy te ay t a deeope,
eveopn an proses furter to deeop o ancrey uma face, ad tat e mt o we to tock a reconsde our oa
stock e ca say tat we possess a v accaon of ew knowede, spedid centc tecnquesto crease t fuer and mese eperece t
appcato A tis tt of a knd is ttfuowede a uc oes o cot us to a tecooyof ants sup�rsoic speed ioence an te destucto of uman work-noyment e use we ae mae oor koede ony one of its posibe use an sow becomn eer ore appet ofte se a
eucve eA I ave son diecty producte tme ou soce
as aready bee reduced to bout 3 per cent of totasoca time and te oe drft of moer tecoocaevepmet is to ruce t fute asymptoticay* tozero ae e set outseves a oa te opposite
* Apoe: A aec lne ual aproachoe cre bu ee e w a e dance
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deono nese sxfold o bou wenty pe en,so h weny pe en of ol soil me would be useor lly produing thns epoyin hnds nd brnsnd nlly, exellen ools nredble hou!
Even hlden wold be llowed to mke theeles usef even old peole onesih of presendy produ-vy we should be proding s mh s pesnThere would be si imes s mh ime for ny ee ofwork we hose o ndrtkenogh o ke ellygood ob of o enoy oneself o podue rel qly
even o me hings beufl hnk of the herpevlue o rl work thnk of ts edion vle. No onewould hen wn o rise te shoollevng ge or olower he retremen ge so s o keep peopl o hebour mrke verybody woud b welome to lend hnd Eveybody would be dmited o wh s now he
res pviege he opotnty of workng sefuly re-vely with hs own hns nd br n hs own me s own pend wh exelen ools Wold hs men enomous exenson of workng hors? No, eoplewho work n ths wy do no kow he deene beweewok nd leisre. Unless hey sleep o e o osonl
hoose o do nohng l hey re lwys geeby,rodively engged Mny of he "onos jobs wodsply dspper leve o he eder's mgnon odenfy hem. hre woud be ltte need for mndlessenertnmen or othe drugs nd nquestonby mess ness
Now mgh be sid tt ths s omn opvson e enoh. W we hve ody n modendsrl soiey is no romn nd eny noopin s we hve rgh hee. Bu s in vey deeoble nd olds no pome of srvivl We olly welhve o hve he orge o drem w wn o suive
nd gve ou ilden ne of survil he threoldss of whh hve spokn w not go y if we smly y o s befoe. wil beome worse nd end
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modern technological progress. Te methods ber the
mrk of non-violence nd mly owrds the nly
sble sysem of nl hony, nd this stnds n oppston to the lestyle o the modern wold But we
now rese h he modern lfe-style s ptng s nomorl dnger we my nd it n or hets to spportnd even jon these ones rher hn to gnore or
dcle temOn te ndstil sde here s the Inermedte Te
ology Development Grop It s engged n the system
tc stdy on how o help people to elp themsee Wies wor s pmly concened wh gvng techniclsssnce o he Thid Word, the reslts o ts resercre trcting ncesing tenon lso rom those who
re conceed bo the tre of he rc socetes Fortey show h n nteede technology tecnology
wh hmn ce s n c possibe; tht it viblend ht t reinges he hmn beg wth his sllnds nd ceie brin no he poduc process seres prd b te ss nsed of ss pr Lie he Sol Aocton is prvte vonty
orgnston dependng on pblic support
I hve no dobt ht t s possbe to gve new drecion to ecnologcl deopment drection tht shllled t bc to the re needs o mn nd tt lso
mens: t te al ize mn Mn s smll ndeefor smll s befl To go or ginsm to o
or sel-desco Ad wt te ost o reoen
on? We rend oelves tt to e te co svl s eerse No dobt prie to be dor nytng wor whle o redrec tecology so
e n nsted o destoyng hm reqres pry eo o e gnton nd bndoe o e
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Development
A Bs Goveen Wt Paper o Oveseas Devome som yeas o sad h ams of fo ad as
olows:
o o wha le i o pow to hp the dvopgcounrs t prod th pop wih th mat oppo-
ns fo n th a, o livin� a f ad hppf and sady impov h lo.
I may b doubful hehe equaly opmsc anaoud b us oday bu he basc phosopy emains sa. The s, ehaps so dslusoen h as
s ou o b muc had an may hav been houhad th ewy dpede cous a dn sa Two phenoena i acu, a v to
oldwide cocr-ass ueploye ad assmato no ciis Fo ohrds of mand h amof a "full ad appy life wit steady mpovmens of
e o i no acuay cdi sees o be as fa awaas evr So w had bete have a ew look a h hoobe
May people ae ha a ew look ad soe say oue s ha tr s oo ttl ad hy ad a heae may unhealhy ad dsupi edences but sues
ha wh oe assve ad oe ouh o be abl o ovecopae e th aaa ad caot msivough fo evyody he sues ha shoud b
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conceaed o e coie wher he pomie of uce eem o cdbe o upngly h propoalha failed o w geea accepanc
One of he unheahy ad drupv edece vi
ally a he deveopng couie h emegec i aver ore acced fom of he "dua oy, nwhich hee ae wo dien pae of lvng a wdeypaad fo each oe a wo diee wod ino a maer of ome people beig c ad oher igpoor oh eig ued by a common way of if : i i a
aer of wo way of ie exing ide y ide uch aanner ha eve he hume ember o he on dipo of a diy income which i a high ip of hencoe accg o ven he ad workng emer ofh ohr h ocal and polcal o ag froh dual coomy are oo oviou o reqi dcrpon
I he dal ecoomy of a pca deveopg ounryw ay d een per cen o h popuaion hoden eco maiy coed o o o wo g ciiehe oe igy-v per ce ex i h rral aaand al ow. For eaon wch wil b dcud, oof dvelopen eo goe no h bg ce whch
an ha eighyve pe cn o h popuaon alargey bypad ha o become of e? Smpy oaume ha he moder ecor in e big ci wl gowil i ha aboed amo he enie popuaiowhichi of coue w ha appened i many of he hghydeveoped couei uy ueaic Eve he ic
coe ae goanng und e bude whch uch amadiibuio o popuaion ieviaby poe
n every brach o mode hough e concep ofeolo pay a cn oe. No o dveopmeconomc, ahoug wod develope and 'ouon wod ee o b vualy ynonym<u Whave
may be h i o h heo of evoluon in peccc cany ec ou epece o eoomc ndecical developmen L agne a v o a moden
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dsra esablshmen, say a grea ree. As we walkarod s vaess, ogh al s fatasc compexywe mg we woder o i was possble for he hummd o coceve sc a hng Wha mesy o
noledge gey and expeece s ere caaed eqpme! How is possible? Te aswer s ha ddno sprg read-made ou of ay person's mnd camey a process of evoluo I saed e smply ens was added and ha was moded and so he whoehng becme moe and more comple B even wha
we acaly see hs ree is on as we mg say ep o an cebergWa we cano see on ou vis s far greaer an wha
we can see: he mens and comple of he arrangemens ha alow crude o o ow o e ree andensue ha a mulude o consme o reed rod
ucs propey prepaed paced ad aee ecnmerable cosume hrough a mos elabora dsrbo sysem s we canno see Nor ca we see heneeca achevemes bed e pang he organsg e acg ad areg Lea of can we seehe gea educaoa bcgond wch s he precondon
o al eendig rom piary schoos o unveses adspecalsed reseach esabsens ad ho whcnohig o wha w acaly see wold be ere A sade vsor sees o e p of he cebeg hee is enes as much somewhee else wc he cno see adwho he "e he one s wores nd he en
s no suppled by he cou or socey whc heeery as been eeced ee he ee spl doeno wor or s, ac a oregn body depeg omos of s le o some oer socey No al s ieasy orgote becaue he mode edenc o seend become coscos o o he vsble ad o orge
he nvsble ngs ha are mang he vsble possbe deep i gog
Cod be a e eave ae o ad o a eas
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ou disapponmnt wth the eecveness of ad ha somethng to do wih or mateas phiosophy whch maes usiab to oveook the most mpon pecondtons osccss whch ae eneraly nvsble? O we do no
nty ooo h w tend to teat tem jst as weeat atea things-thngs hat can be planed anschedd and pchased wth ony accodg to someacompehensive dvelopmn pan n ohe words wetend o thnk o dvelopmnt not n ers of evolton,but in ms o caon
O scenss ncessantly el s wh he tmost assunce tha eeyhing aond has evovd by smal muatons sieved o hrogh natal secion Even theghy is not cedted wth havng been abe o creae
anythng comple Evey complexty, we ae tod is heest o eoton Yet o deelopment pannes seem to
n that thy can do bett than the ghty that theycan creae the mos complex thngs a on thow by a pocess caed plannng letn Athene spring no ot o teead o Zeus, bt out o nohnness uy amed
espenden and vable
Now o corse, aorda and untng tings c
ccasonally be done On can sccessy carr ou apoect hee o there It is aways possibe to ceate sma
ramodern sands n a prendstia socity Bt suchsads wil thn have to be dfended ie oesses dpovsioned, as i wee by hecopte om far away ohey w be ooded by he sonding sea Whaev
appens, wheher tey do wel or bady, they poduce hda economy of whch I have spoen hey canno benegaed ino h srondng socey nd end todestroy coheson
We may oseve n passng hat sma tendnce aat wo evn n some o he ches conis whee hy
manfes s a nd owas excssiv banisationtowds megaopolis" d eave n te midst o unce
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lage pockes of povey-sticen people, "dopusunemployed and unemploybles.
Uni recenly he develoen expes arely efeeo he dual economy and s wn evs of mas employ
en d mass mgaon no cie hen hey dd shey meey depoed he and eaed hem a ansonal Menwe has become wdey ecogsed hame aone wil no be he heale On he con hedual economy unless conscouly couneaced poduceswha have calle a pocess of muual posong
heeby successu ndusal developen e cesdesoys he economc scue of he neld ad henead akes s evenge by ass gaon no heces poisonng hem and mag em uey manageable. Forrd esmaes ade by he Wold Healhgansaion and by epes lie ngsley Daves pedc
ces of weny foy d even sy on nabs pospec of mseaon fo muudes of people habeggars he maginaio
hee a aleave? Ta he developg coesanno do hou a mode secor pacuary ehey ae dec onac h e ch oures s dy
open o doub Wa needs o be quesoned s e mplcassumpon a he mode seco can be epnded absob vuay he enie popuaon nd ha s c bedone faiy qucy Te ng phosopy of developmenover he las eny yeas as been: a s bes foe ch mus be bes fo he poo belief h ben
cae o uly aonshg lenghs as c be sn bynspecng he of developing coues ch heAecans nd he aes and n some cases so eRussans have found neessay and we o esablshpeacefu nucea eacosTaian Souh Koea Pppes Venam Tand Idonesa an Tey
Pouga Venezuelaa of he counes hose oveheg poblems ae agcue d he ejuvenao
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rrl le snce the reat rity their very-sricke ee live in rl ares
he srtin in cnsidea vey,r rather deree vety whch ea iey d
derde and ties the h rn d r stta i t ecnse n ndetnd the bndaie ndlitti which this deee vety se ir cdey aeriisc hshy e s ibe seeny the er nes (t se he wd heWte er which I hve redy qed) nd t ve-
the iter cs n the ces vy,I se, te aerl acrs e erey ecndaysch th ra weth r a c citl nciency nstctre The yses eree verty are itel, hey ie er deciecies n edc, nii ad
isceDeveet de nt wh d t tarts wh
ee d their edci, rasa, d dsceWitht these thee esces ein lent ted,teial Thre e rser cetes wth bt tecaest bass tr we d we have had eny
rty beve the rcy he invisbeactrs aer he wr Evey c tter hwdevstated whch hd a hh level edcat na-ti, nd disciie rdced ecic irace Ict thee were race ny ee whe eti csed te ti the ceber The ti hd bee
sashed t ece bt the be which s edcai, sat ad dscie ws hee
Here the les the cena rbe deveeI the ray case ety e decencie thesethree reects hen the evti vety deedsray the rev thee decencis ee le
the re why devet cn be a ct creiwhy t cn be dered bht cehesveyaned why t eqies rces evltin Edca
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n des nt ju; t s gdu rcss gresubtlt Ognstn des nt ju it ut grdulevv t cngng crcustnces. And uc te s
gs f dicplin l te ust evve ste b ste d
te frst tsk f devlent pc ust be t seedths vutn All th ust bce t prpt ntre f n int, but f the e scit.
If id s gvn t intduce crti ne ecnc ctvtes ts l be bc nd v the c bsustind b t red xisting ductnl ve
r bd gups epl, d the i b tru vlube te te nd spred dvncs n ductin gnistn nd dscipne Tr cn be pcessf setchng-er rcss uping. If e ecc ctivtis r ntrducd c dend n ieducn rgnstn nd dscilne suc
re n n irnt n t rcipt sciet, tectivit l nt te et dlpent but l be lk t hnder i It rn reign bd ttcnnt ntged nd uter excbt t rbles f th du c.
It lls f ths tht devepet s nt l
rble ecsts est f l r cnstshse pise s fude n cudl tr lsh. dut ecsts f tevr sc
psus hv t ufulnss t crt stgs devlnt nd r srctl crcuscrbd tecicl b,but nl f h gnl gudlns f devlpen plc
o o h r popuo e lrd rstblid.
Te n thnig tt s rquied fr d d dvpnt l b det f t ld cuse t l tkevet srusl L ill t g n ecnc, sg :Wht is gd r te c ust s be gd r t
r. It cre r pepe-fr svre rcticnt vie. h ce fr pl Becuse pl t r d utie suce n t
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ever. I hy are lef� u, he ar pushd aound byslf-stled exs ad highhanded laers the oa ever ild real fit
e foow aper is a sighy soeed vrsio
a papr preed i 965 for a Confnce o the Apliatio f Siec ad Tology o the Deveomet oLai Ameria orgased y UNESCO Saago Ci.A at tme dcussions o eoo dveopent alsivaiabl tdd o take echology simly as "giv; qusti wa ow asfer th ive tlog o
hos ot yet i possesso of i The laest wa obviouslythe bes ad t idea tat it gt o se e ugeeds of dveping outes baus t faid to ih acl diios ad limiaios o pv wasrae wih rdicul However th par bea teasi o whch h diat ecolo veope
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Scal and Ecnmc PblmsCallng f h vlpmn Inmda chnlg
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helpless Near all he s-ale evlpig cnres hvea e sec whee he aes f ving an wae siar hse f he evele cnes bu heas have a nen sec acng f he vasajr he al ppuan where he paes f lvng wng e n l fu unsasac b
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mas mgato ito ead to a at o uagowt wc woud tax te soucs of v te ictsocties. Ra umoymnt coms ua uemoymt
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t big cities, in te sma tows ad vias c ticota most caseigty to ity cet of ttota oatio As og as t domet o socntatd maiy o te b cte, e it is sstto ash nw nts to st them wi maaesa mn, an to d na a aets to ee thm
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It iporan a ere o be eoug ok for abeae that is e o a o eae apoereee eae a e ae of a o a oyere aour a beoe preo an u be p o ebe poe e
ote words, te economc cacus wc measressuccess tes of output or ncome, tou consdeatoo te nube o jobs, s qute nappopate te ndtos ere under cosderaton or t mples a stacpproa to e poble o development e dynamc
appoac pays eed to te needs and eactons o people:te st need s to stat ork of soe knd tat bgssoe ed oever sal; t s oy en tey expeene tat e te ad labour s of ale tat tey cabecome nteested n makg t more alube. s teeore moe mpotat tat eveybody soud poduce som
tng tan tat a fe people soud eac- prodce a geadea ad ts emans tue een f some exceptonases te tota output ude te oe arangeeould be sale tan t old be unde te atteaangement t not rean smaer because ts s adyna stuaton apable of geneatng grot
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bigger e couy te geae s e need fo nternasrucure ad for a decenaised appoac o deveope f s eed is egected ee is o ope fo epoo
Th fo pop Tchoo
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a e lied umbe of suc workpaces win any ge
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ao ance aw maera suppies anspot mareg faces, ad e Tee ae en compans andeciations but ey do not atr te fct a a ot ofcace capita esourcesormay mpots pad fromcarce forei caeare vualy wasted
e dsctio bewee capiaiesie a abou
ee" idusies i of couse a famla oe i devepe eo. Alou as an doubted vadty ios o ealy ae cotac wt te essece of epoble for i ormally duces peope o accep eecology of any give i of producio as ge andaerabl I is e argued ta deveopg coutes
ould e prefeece o labou-tesve aer acapaleive ndries no ntegent aco ca fol
ow becau e coic of dusy pacice b
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etemined by quie other mch moe powef criersuch w meial base mets enrepreneul inerest etc The choice of ndust is one g but te coiceof tecnoogy to be emploed fer te coice of ids
a been mde is que anoer t i teefore beter tspek directly of tecnology nd not clod e dcussoby chosing em le capial intensy or bor ineny s one's pot of deptre Mc te sme pliesto noer distinction freqenly mde tese scussion between agescle nd sml-ce ndut t i
te tat modern dsry is often orgnised n ey largeuns bt large-scae s by no means one of i essenaland uerl featres. Weer a gven indsral aciityi approprae to te condtions of a deeopng disrictdoe not direcly depend on cae" bt on te technoogempoyed A sma-sca enterpise wi n aerge cot
per wokplce of £2 is jst s pproprte as a largesce enterprise w equly cosy worplcesI beee therefore ht the bet wy to mke cntac
ih te essenia problem is by spekg of echoogy:economc deelopment in poetyricken ae c befitful only on te bai of what e caed interme
diae technoogy." he end termedite tecologil be lbour-intense" and wil ed itself to ue imallcae establisnents But nehe labointenitor smalcale" implie iteediate tecolog
Denon Iermede Teolo
we dene the eel of tecnoogy in term of euipent co pe woace" we ca cl the indigenou techoogy of ypcal deeopng countsymbolicayspekig £ ! tecnoogy, wle at of the deelope
conties coud e called £ 1 ecnoog Te gapbetwee tese wo nologs s so enoos that aition from the one to the oher i smpl imposibe
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In fact te current attempt o the developng countre
to trate te £ 0technoog nto ter economenevtabl kl o te £ ! -tholo at an aarming atedetrong tradtonal workplace mc fater tan mod
e workpace can be creted, and tu eave e poor a moe deperate and elpe poton than ever before. eetve help to be brought to thoe wo need tmot a tecnoog reqred whch wod range n omentermedate poton between te £ ! -technoloy and te£ 000tecnoog Let cal tagn mbocal
peaknga £ D-tecnooguch an ntemedate tecnoog wod be mmeneor prodctve tan te ndgeno tecnoo (wch often n a condton of deca ) but t woud alo bemene cheaper tn the ophtcad hgh captatenve technolog o modern ndt At c a evel
o captaaton vey arge nmber of workplace codbe created wth a farl o tme and the creaton ofc workpace woud be "wthn reac for the morenterprng mnort wthn he dtrct, not on ancal erm but alo n term of ther educaton apttudeorganng kl and o fot
Th lat po ma perhap e ecdated a folowThe average annua ncoe pr worke and te average
capta per workplace n te deveoped contre appear atpreent to tand n a reatonp of rog 1 : 1 ple n general rm tat t tke one an-ear tocreate one workplace or that a mn wo ave to av
one monh' eang ear fo tweve yar to e le toown a workplace f te reatonp wee 1 0 t wodrere ten man-ear to create one workpce and a manwoud hae to ave a month earnng a ear for 0ear before he cold mke ef owner of a wokplaceT of coe an pob and t oow hat te
£ 000-tecnoog tranpanted nto a dtrct wc tuk on le of a £ 1-nooy p cannot preadb an poce o noma growth t cannot have a potve
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emonsaon eect on the conta can beoseve a ove he wol s emostton eec" soly negave The people to om the £ 1 000ecnoog s accessbe smpy gve up an often cease
og even tose ngs hch hey ha oe pevousThe emeae ecoogy wou so t muc moesmoohl no he eatvel unsophscate envonmen hch t s to e use e eupment ou e falsmpe n theefoe unestnabe suabe fo maenace epa on the spot Smple equpmet s no
may fa ess epeent o a maeas of geat puo exact specctons n much moe aape to maket ucuaton than hghy sophstcate equpmen Mene moe easy ae supeson cono an ogns
ton e smpe; an thee s less vlne tunoeseen dcues
Objetos ase d Dscsse
Sce the ea o neeate tecoog ws st poa nume of oecons have been se The
os meate obectons a psycologcl: You aeng to who he est an mae us put up w soeng eo a outed. Ts s the voce o ose
who ae not nee ho cn help themselves n wanto be assste n echng a ghe sadad o vn once ot he voce of those th hom e ae hee
conceed the povety-scen mulues ho lc nea ass of exsence hehe ual o n un eswo ve nehe t best no he second st" but oshot of even he mos essea means of susstence. Onesometmes wones o mny eveopment economstsave any el compehenson of the codton of the poo
Thee e econoss an economecans ho elevetat eveopmen pocy ca be eve om ceanlege xed atos such s the capal/ ouput ato
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he nt n w e nt viecptl i vn Nw u nntte t n nube l cpted wplce u ped it thin ve l nube cp wpe
I u d te ltte btin tt tpt th ifu d te te i t eve tict pbe t en wth D Kdf intnce cli tt e wn tt tet dn hne pde ch e utpt peunit cit nveted tn le pticted hin
wich ep e peple t n cpitl bt we d ld t ivn ntit d titt detin te i n we eplet nn cnt t n ven te
If we c empoy oy med mbe of people i webou t le u empoy m o poducve w
ey me e bie poble cotbuio o eo oup ecue wl lo ve e quc eof ecoomic ow You ould o o delbetely ou ofou wy to duce poducy ode o duce emou of cpi pe woe eem to me oeeecue you my d by ice cpl pe woeefold you ice e ouput pe woe wefod ees o quetio fom evey po o view of e upeioiy te tet d moe cplic cooie4
e t thn tt it be id but tee et tht th e evdet ttc in cte nd il ttke nt t dnic devepnt d
tie t te tn it i t nde teectn nd cpbtie pep d nt ne e-lf t chne btct ncpt A w ve eenbee t i wn t u tt the t phtictedpnt tnpntd int nphitited envn-ent wll be ell wed t l cpct nd
cpct utiltn lo tn t ptl tpt ti l w t i fo cu o tet ct
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utput rati a techlcal fact, whe tey are oagely depeent quite the fact.
The queti mut ake mreve ethe thee uc a a a D Ka aset that the cptautput rat gw if catal i ccetate feerace N e ith te itet iutil expeeceu eve cam t ave tice the etece f uch a"aw i tere y fuat f t i ay ceceMechaat a autmati ae tuce t icreaethe pructviy f abu e te e/ utput rati
the eect the capta/ utput rat may jut e be eative a t may be ptve Cute exampeca be ute hee avace i techlg elimatekpace at the ct f a aitia iput f capitaitut ectg the vume f put It theefe qutetrue t ae that a gve amt f capta vaaby
a eceary puce the biget tta utput he ccetate the maet umbe f wrkpacee eatet weake f the umet weve ie
akg "captl-a eve ae a gvequttie a ueemplye ecmy Hee aate tatc utl vtaby ea t eeu ccu
i Te cetra cce f evelpmet plicy a Ihave rgue alreay mut be the ceati f wk ppuitie f the h bei uempye e cume hwever merable a eveitht ctbutgaytg t the fu f ethe wage "captaEmpmet i the very pect f everythi ee
he utput f a ile ma i il wheea the utput feve a pry equppe ma ca be a ptve ctbuti th cbut ca be t "capital a we a wae g Te tic betwee the tw i by me a ete a he ecmetca ae clet thk becae the et f capital itel eped
ecey te leve f techly empyeLet u cie a vey mpe eampe Sme eat
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mng b h be ne n e hgh nemply-men he we he f hnlge gngfm he m me ehmng eqpmen peyml w wh l f ny n he p
xe by he ne he b qe e he pl/ p wl be hge the p pl ep lwe. he b wee ne wh y he pl/ p wl be nnely lgeb he py pe m wl be eeengy lw.I he b wee ne he hghe leel f me e
gy he pl/ p w be lw py pe mn ey hgh. ehe f hee exeme ele n mle wy h be f. Ame mef e empye men wee e w me ey f lng wheew he le wee wee me pe wge g h
f hee e p l be be e nge ee ehnge fm he mple he m phe. he n eey e w be n n nemee ehnlgy whh bn fee f py w ng e he pe epene n phe eqpe e
me f he whle ente wl be n emeepmen gng f beyn he mpe f e emng pe Wh l p f p fe wh mgh be mh mle h wl hebee e he qn e m e emg eqpmen n p f (pely nem
plye) b mh gee he e mehwl he ee n y ge pe wlhe een mplee b we mmny w hebee e he ph f eepmen
I y heee h he ym pp eepmen whh e he he f pppe emee
ehnlge he nl e pe p ene fne n whh h eepph lly egne
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T ead t te et bjec whch ha bee aedagat te de o eedate tecolgy. t agedtt al t gh be qe prog f t were t for atou htage of etepreeura abty the der
deveoped ctre. Th cace reurce hd ereore be uted te ot cocetrated way paewher t ha the bet chac of cce ad hld bedowed wth the et capta eqpet the wld caer. dty t th aged hod be etabhed ear e bg cte age tegated t ad the
hge poe evel of capalao pe wrkpace.Te auet hge o the apt that eepeeal abty a ed ad gve qatty ad thaga betray a prey tatc pot vew t f coreether ed r gve beg argey a fcto f thetechlgy t be eplyed. Me qte capable f actg
a etrepreeu the evel mder techolgy ayethele be lly capable f ag a cce f amalcae etepre et p the ba of teedaetechogyfr rea already epaed abve. fact eem t e that the appaet hrtage f etpeer may develpg ce today precey he
e of the egatve detrat eect of a ophced tcogy trated to a phtcated evet he tdco f a apprpate teredateechgy wld ot lkely t fuder ay haef etepreea abty. Nor wud t dh the ppy f eepreer for etere te ode eco;
o he ctra by preadg famaty wth yteatctecca de f pdct over te ete ppat wd dobtedy help t ceae te uppy f thereqred taet.
Tw fer agmet have bee advaced aat tedea o teedate techgythat t podct wold
eqre preco th e cty ad wod be tabe f eport Boh aet are baed eeurme fact a cderable ber of deg tde
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nd castings, me for specc proucts n specc dsticts, hve unvesly emonsed tt the products ofn inegently chosen termete technology cou ctuy be chepe thn hose of moe fctoes te
neest bg cty. Whethe o not sch poducts coud eexpoted s n open question; the unempoyed e notontbuting to expors now, nd the rmry tk s tot them to work so tht tey w poduce usefu goosfo ocl mtes fo oc use
Ab of Imd o
The ppicbity of ntemedite tecnoogy s of cousenot nves ee re poucts wch e teseveshe typc outcome of gy sphisticted oe ndus
ty n cnnot be poduced except by suc n dustTese poucts, t the sme tme, e not noy ugent n of the poor ht the poo need ost of ssimpe gs-buig mtels cothng oseodgoos gcultu mpements-n ette et fohe gcutu poducts ey so ost genty nee
n mny pces: ts, wte crop stoge fctesMst gicltu poputons wou be heped enseyf they coul themseves o the st stges of pocessithei poducts these e e eds fo nteedtetechnology
ee re, however, so numeous pplctions of
oe bto uote two emples fo a eentepot
T s las o cn ndny [fosd oy of mos Afcn As nd L ic �ovns of havg o s in o os ow all h k] fo tton o dsi
sma olu ns h lo caia invsn un of ouut ad o oa cay sy o 5000 o30000 ls day T uns cn nd o-cos
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t c gg nd or cpiltiv riorpondig to convnton d cond xp to "pcg plnt for o prodcton, locny dind fo sma rt Acodig to opovisol dt t nvsnt ot pr to n "p
pt wi itytondy pcty y ot 30000dol wr a onvtiony di t wit dlypcity of 100 ton wc fo convtio plnt vryl wod qr an ivt of ppoxty 0000or p ton�
The idea inteedate techg d nt implyimply a "gig back ho t mehd nw udatd, athough a yematc uy mehd empldi the dveped cntie, ay a hnded yea ag cdeed yield ghly ggetie elt. It i too enmed that the aceement o wete ciene puead applied lie mainly in the apparatu ad macherthat hae been deeped m it and hat a ejectin the appaatu d machey wod be tantamnt t aeectn cience Th an exceiely pecia iewThe e achevemet ie the accmaton peciewledge, d thi kwledge can be applied in a eataiety way which the cet appicatin mde dt i nly e. The deepment iteediae techgy theee mea a gene radmement t ew teit whee the eno ct adcmplicain pdctn methd he ake lab
avg and b elan i aided d techlgy
made apppriate ab-lu cetiThat the applicabliy o iteeiate tecog
etemely wie een i nt nieal, wl be bi t
nye who take he toble k it acal appli
caio tay Eampl ca be u n eve deelpig
cont and ineed the advance cre a well
Wat te i ming? t ply that e bae dable pacine o tediate tholgy d nt ow
o ne aohe d ot upport oe ah an ca
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be of ssistce to those who wnt to foow a simlrod but do not kow how to get ste. They exst, it wee outse the mte of ocil a popurteest "e ctoge issue by te Euopen o UntedSttes expote of mchiey is si the pime soue oftecicl ssst6 d te isttuto ngeentsfo snsig id e geey such tht hee is smountbe bis in fvou of e-sce pojecs nthe eve of te most oe tecooy
If e cou tu oc d popu nteest wy fo
the gndiose pojects nd to the el needs of the pohe btte cou be won A study of ieediate technologes s they eist toy edy woud dscose ht teeis enough kowedge d epece to set eveboy towk n whee thee e gps new desin studies coulbe e e qucky. Pofesso Gg decto f the
Goe Instute of Poics d Ecoomics t Poona hsoute tee possbe ppoches to he eveoe teete tecoogy s foows :
approach may be to ar wth exs� techques inadio indusry ad utse kowled of adced
eches o traform hem aby. Trsfoao -
pe reag some eeme in et eupme d pd hs press of mprovement of adoa echoloy extremey mrt pacuary foa pa of he o whch a hold operao fo
preve added echoogc uemployme appeecessry
Another approach wod be t r from he ed of hemo advace eooy ad t adap d adj o a omee he reqremes of e eedae ome
e he poces wod o vove adsme o pecal
lal ccmce ch a ype o fe o powe avilableA thrd approac may be o condc expemeato ad
reseach drec eo o esabsh needate ech
oo Howeve, for h o be y udetake it ouldbe ecesay o dene fo he cetst d he ecc
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he iing ecoomc circsas. These are chey thescale of operao med a ad he eave st of caid abou d he le of he -oibe o desrabe Such de eor a eabshg eediae echoo woud doubly d aga he bakgrod
of olede of adce echolo e ed Hoever,it could ce a much der ae of sib h eeo hrough he adjme d adaato roh
Professor Gd goes on to pled tht:
e mai aeo of he rsoe o he aie ide
of Naoa Laboraories hcal se ad he ageery depme m cea o h The adacee of adaced hoog ee eld ibeg adeqaey ued deeod coe; hei adapaios d adjumes reque Ida e od ae o lely o be e aeo ay ohe
They mus heefore oba he ghes roiy o lIeedae ecolog should beoe a aoal coced o a re egd ed ie o a mamber o speiis t part.7
A sr ple ht mde to suprnton enc
ch ould be wel-pld t olect, systete, d
develop the scttered knoede d experenc edyet n ths vt mpornt eld
suy we cn conclude:
The "dl econoy n the developn coute
l ren o the foreseee fuure. The oe secto
l not e to sor the wole2. If the ooe sector ot de he oject of
spc deveopent eos t cotue to dste
te; ts dsnteraton contue to est tsel
ss epoyment d mss gton nto etro
otan es d ths poo econoc le e
en sector s e3 Te poor cn e helped to help teelvs ut oy
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by mng aable o hem a ecology ha recogns te ecnom ounda d lmtaton f povet-an nteedate echnolog.
4. Acon pogamme o a natoal and supanaon
ba ae neeed to deelop emeae tecologeutable o te pomoton o u emloyment develpg coune
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3To Mllo Vllaes
ul of h cond dvlomn dcad n han ho of h unl h a concoud dmnd hf of mha fom good olndd who ch a hf h l of ad ocangly dtctv
I w al of omotng dvlomn wa av nnd-good o o? If ol-wc aculaol? o a thy? a hy? Wy do hy ndhl? If thy cao g on tout hl a cly h hl thy nd? o do comunca th? Con wth ol a countl uon
ood on h th and do no a manyuon. Patclay n conomca and tca dal h hm good vn o anhngdnal and om GNP mo o vngvtmnt fatu o wha no mv modla l out of h aacon and ay o
hm o lav y oo fo acual ol Of cououlaton ma gu hm u a nohng ohan a anty o ud a a dvo aft hdvdnd h uany of avalabl good ha ndmnd Th modl hn how dvlomnha h gowh of h dvdnd ld ac and
uad th dvo ow a wI mch a o da wh good ta wh ol
ony cau good hav n md of h o and
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ase no probems of comunicaton. en th phasis on people, commncations pobms become paramount Who ae the hepes and who ae tho to behped? The hepers by and age are rich edcated (
a somehat spciasd sense) d to-based hosewho most ned hep poo nedcated and raybased This means that thee temendos gfs separatthe for fom the attr: the gf beteen rich andpoor; the gf betwen edcated d unducatd d thegf beteen citymen and contryfok hich ncds
that between indstry and agctre The t probeof deveopnt aid s ho to bidge these three fs Ageat eort of maginaton stdy and copson sneeded to do so The methods of prodction the patsof consmpton th systems of das and of vaus thatst reativey aent ad dcated cty peope r
ukey to st poor semiterate peasan Poo aants canot suddny acqie the otook and habits ofsophstatd city peope the pepe canot adapt tesevs to the mthod hen th methods st be adapteto the peop Ths is the whoe cx of he atter
h ae oreover any feates of h ch an's
conomy hich ae so sonabe themseves d nay cae so nappopriate for poor tes thatsccessfu adaptaton of he pope to these fatres wospe in If the natur of chage sch that noh s
eft for the fathrs to teach th sons or for th sons accept from ther fathes fy fe oapses The fe
wok and happness of a socities depend on ca"psychoogica strctes whch ar nnity precos andhighy vunerabe Soca cohesion coopaton uupct and above sfrspect couage n th face ofadversty and the abiity to bear hardsha ths anmch ese disintegates d dsappar when these psy
choog stctes a gay damaged A an sdstroyed by the nn conction of sessness Noamount of conomc growth c copensat fo suc
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losses-hough ths may be an ide reection, since ecomic gowth s noay bited by them.
None of these awesome probems gure noteaby the cosy theores of most of ou development eonoms
Te aue of te rst deveopment ecade s attrbutesimpy to an suciency of a appopato or wosesti to cean aeged efects inheent in the societies andpopuations of the deveopng countes stuy of thecuent litratue coud ea one to suppose that the decisive question was wheter aid was dispense mutlateay
o biateay o tat an impovement in the ts oftade for pma comodities a remova of tade baies guaantees for pvate nvestos or the eectiveintoduction of brth contol wee the ony thngs tatreay matteed
ow, am fa fom suggestng tat any of these items
are eevant but they do not seem to go to the hea ofthe matte an thee is n any case pecous ttle costuctve acton oin from the nnumeabe scussionswhch conentrate o them Te ea of te matter Isee it, s the stak fact tat wod povety is prmaly a
pobem of two ion vages, and th a probem of
two thousan miion viager Te soution co befou i the cites of the poo countries Uness ife thenteand can be made toeabe, te pobem o wodpovet s nsoube and w inevtaby get wose
A mpoant nsigts ae missed f we contnue to tof deveopment many in quanttative tems and those
ast abstactios-e GNP investment sangs etcwhch have thi usefuness n the stuy of deveope counties but have vituay no eevance to deveopment poblems as such (or dd they pay the sightest pa i theacua eveopment of the rch counties!) Aid can beconsiee successfu ony f t heps to mobise the
aboupoe of the masses in the eceiving county draises poductvity witout "sav abour Te commocrteo of success namy the owh f GP s uttery
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eadg ad act ecety lead pheea ch ca ly be decrbed eclal
hetate e th e becae ha a aty dad appea t ply a delbeate e the pa
he adgve hee ch a tet the hle hk hee t B h ake the pble geaeead alle Uteal elal ae d ad ely e dclt cba haeclal tetally ped t elt r theere d thg ppted by he e tet
Methd pdct tadad cp crtera cce ae yte vale ad behavpate eablh theeve p cte hchbeg (dbly) apppae ly t cdt aece aleady acheved he p ctre eve eecapably a cd te depede the
ch The bv eaple ad ypt creag debtede Th dely ecged ad elleag peple dra the ple ccl hat gat aeette tha a ad cheap la bee tha dea eTe egh Bt ceag debtede the te ae. Ate l i a debt ct pa he cee
paya k he ced t alay have had d.Fa e e he depedece ceatd he a
p cy al he pdc ad cptpate the ch A tete l ecetly ved Aca pvde a ellg eaple he aager hede th cdeabe pde th act a a the
hghet echlgcal level t be d ayhee held Why a t ghly aaed? Becae head Arca lab ed t dtral k dake ake heea aated achey d ake ake. The qaly tadad deaded dayhe eplaed are ch that y pdct t be peec
be abe d a arket He d p h pcyby ayg: Srey y tak t eae he haact. N th eca apppate qalty
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standrs his equipent hd to be pote fo the
ost vced coutes; the sophsticte equpendeme tht l hghe mngemet ite
esonel h to be ported. Even the w teris h
to be poted becuse the ocy ron cotto w toosho o top quit r nd the postute s
dene the use of g ecetge o n-e
bes Ts s ot n ntpic ce oe who htke the toube to ook systetcy t ctu "eveopent projectsnste of eey stdg eveopet
pns d ecooetc oesows o countess uchcses: sop ctoes poucig uuy sop b sch se
tve pocesses tht o gh ree te c used, wich ust be oted t g prces while the
oc w tes e expoe ow pc oopocessng pns pckg sttos; otosto, so
on o the ch 's ptte n cses oct goes to wste becuse the cosue ege
deds quit stnds whch rete soe to ee
pe nd cn be met on b t poe o
Austi o Cifo where the ppctio o mense scence nd ftstc techolo ensues tht
eve pe s of the se sze n wthout te sgtestvsbe bems The exples cou be utile withot
en Poo countes sld e pushedinto he o
to o prouction ethods d consupton stnds
whc destoy the possbtes of sefe se
he e esuts e utento eocoons
hoeessness fo te pooHow then t possibe to he these two o
viges? Fst the quntttve spect If we tke the totof weste id fe eitng cetn tems whch hve
otng to do wth eveopmet, nd dvde t b theumber of peope vng n te deveoi countes, e
e t ered gre of the ess tan £2 eCosdered s ncome supeent ths is o couse
eggbe d deso M people theeoe pe t
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te ic countres ougt o ae a uc bigger nancialeo-ad i woud be peee to refuse o suppo thsplea But wha is i ta oe could easoably expec toaciee A perhead gue of £ a yea or £ a yea?
a subsidy a sot of "pubic sistance payet een£ 4 a yea is hardy less dersoy tan te pee gureTo lutate the pobe fuer we ay · cosider the
cae of a sall goup of deelopig counties wicheceie suppeeta icoe on a tly agnt scaete oi producig coures of he Midde Eas Libya,
d Veezuea Ther ad oyalty coe fo the ocopan in 968 eaced £23 ion o oughy£50 per ead of their populaion Is s inpu of fudspoducig healhy and stable soceties coneted popuaons te presie elaio of ua ery a ouihng agculte ad wiespread dustralisaio? I
spie of soe e lied successes, te aswer is certy no oey alone does not do the c. The quatitaie aspect is qte seconda o te quaitaie aspect.f te policy s wrong oney wll ot ae i rgt; andi the polcy i ig oey ay not, fact presen an
unduly dicut poble
e u en o he qualtatie pect If we aeent anytng fo the at te o wenty years of deelopet eort t s that te proble pesents an eorouseeu chalege. The aidges-c educaed
obased-ow how to do igs ther ow waybut do they ow how to asist selfelp aong two
ilio lages, aog two tous ilo llagespoor ueducated outrybased They now ow to do afew big tngs i big tows; but do tey know ow o doousads o sal tngs n ral areas Tey now owo do hngs w ots o capia but do tey know owto do the wi o of lbou-itialy unran
abo a hatOn the wole ey do ot kow but tre re ay
expereced peope wo do now ec of the i heir
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ow lmed eld o exeece I oe wod, he ecey owlede by d le e; bu doe o e oed edy cebe o I cereduyemc uoed d o doub lo comee.
Te be d o e ellecul d o uefukoede A o oede ey eebe o o mel Tee e my eo or No become ly oe' o" ece o he b oome eue eo o cce A o me oodc be oed by he ece ou eo or
cce; eeoe ely become h ow d oo equey d ely eed mee wd A o eecul ood o koede vedee me Wou eue eo o oo o e o e ece ee o To oe e d o mke oe o e me
d ee mo or u do coru Te omel ood mke eole dede bu he oowede mke em eeoded e h o koed o coue e o kowede o h moe eec d moe cloely elevo e coce o develome Ge m , e
y oe d you e el m le b o veo le; ec m e o d e c elm l le O e leel: uy hm w ckle wl co you ood del o moeyd e eu em doubul bu ee u hm cou eood l ll be deede uo
you o eceme Bu ec m o mke o cke d yo e eed m o become o oeuo bu lo ee d deede
e ud become e eece eoccuo o d omme-o mke me ele deede by e eeou uy o e ore
elecul o elev olede o hemeod o e oc cdey lo e de o be elely ce o y o
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makng money go ey lon way For £ 10 you mye e o equip one man w cerain means of proucion; u for e sme money you may well be abe oec unre men o equip emseles Peraps lie
pppg by way of merl goos wi smecases e epful o pee e process bu s ou bepurey cienl an seconay n if e goos arerigy cosen ose wo nee em can probably pay forem
A fumena reoenaion of ai in e irecion I
ocae woul require ony a mgal ealocaion ofuns f Briain s curren g i o e une ofbou £20 milion a year, e iersion o merey oneper cen of is sum o e ognisaion an mobilisaionof s of nowlege wou I am cerain cange alprospec n open new a muc more ofu era in
e iso of eelopmen" One per cen, fer a isbou £ 2 miion sum of money wic woul go ery er lon wy for is pupose if ineligenlyemploye A i mig make e oer nineyne percen mensely more fuil
nce we see e ask of ai s pmarily one of supply
g ree knowlege, expeence knowow ecais o sy inelecual raer n maera goosi isclea e presen oganisaion of e oerseas eelopmen eo far from equae Tis is nura as ong e main ask is seen as oe of mang nd iblefor arey of nes an projecs propose by e ripi
en couny e aaibiiy o e knowege cor beingmore or less aken fo gane Wa I am saying is simply a is aaibiiy canno be aen o gne ai is precisey s knowege fco wic is conspicuousy lcking is is e g e issng link ine woe enerpe I am no sying a no knowege
is cuenly eing suppie is wou b iicuous Noere is a plenifu ow o nowow bu i bas on impici ssumpion a w i goo for e c mus
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obviously be good fo the poo. A I have aed above,
ts assumption is wog o at east o vey paia
iht a pepodeaty wog
we get back to o two mio vlages ad have
e how we ca make eevat owedge avaiabe t To o so we must rst posses his nowegeouseves Befo we ca ta abot gvig ad we shave someig to gve We do ot have thosads ofpovety-scken vages i ou coty; so what do kow about eectve methods of sefhelp i sch cicum
stances? e beig of wisdom is the admssio ooe's ow ack of owlege As og as we thk weow whe i fact we do ot we sha cotiue to go tothe poo a mosate to them al e eohgs they cou o if ey wee aleady ch his hbee the mai fale of a to a.
Bt we o kow somtg aot the ogiatio dsystemaisao of knowedge a experece we do havefaciities to o almos ay job povied oy tha weceay esa what it s If the ob is fo instace assebe a eectve guie to methos ad ateias foow-cost b i opic coutes ad with the
aid of sch a ge to tai oca bis in deveopcotes i th appopiate techooges d methodoogies thee is o doubt we ca o hs oto sa the e
that we ca imeatey take the steps which weabe us to do h two o tee yeas tie Siaif we cleay uestad hat oe of the bic needs i
may dvelopig coutes i wate ad that io ofviages wou beet oously om the avaiabiiyf sysematc owledge o ow-cost sef-hep method ofwatesoae poteo aspo a so of this icealy uesood ad boght ito focus hee i ooub hat we have the abty ad esouces o sebe
oase a commucate the eque noatios I have sa aleay poo people have eatvey
smple ee ad it is pay wih egad to thei bic
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euemets and activities that they want assstance. Ithey wee not capable of self-hel and selfeliance theywould not suvve today. Bt thei own ethods ae altoo fequetly too pimitive too inecient and eective;
hese methods eie pgadng by the input of newknowledge new to them but not altogethe ew to evebody. It is qite wong to asse that poo people aegenealy unwling to change bt the poposed changeust stand in some oganic elationshp to what thy aedoing aleady and they ae ightly ssicious of and
esistant to, adca change poposed by townbased andocbod innovatos who appoch them the spiitof: You jst get ot of my way and I shal show yohow useless you ae and how slendidly the ob ca bedoe with a lot of oeign money and outlandishequipment
Because the needs of oo people ae elatively simplethe nge of studes to be undetaken is faly liitd. Is a pefecty anageable task to tacke systematicallybt t eqies a deent oganational setu fom whatwe have at pesent ( a set-up pmay geaed to the disbusement of fns) t peset, the development eo
s may caed o by govenment ocials both in thedoo and te ecipient conty n othe wods bydmistatos They ae not by taining and expeience eithe etepene o nnovato no do theyposess secic tecca kowledge of podctive pocesses, commecial equemts o commnto pob
lems ssudly they have an essental ole to play andone could otand woud otattempt to poceedwiot them Bt they can do othng by themselvesalone hey mst be closey associated with othe socgops wth peope in ndusty and coece who eaned n the iscipe of vabtyf they cannot
pay thei wages on Fidays, hey ae ot!and wthofessional people cadecs eseach wokes, oalists edcato ad so o who have time, acits
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abiy, ad claion o hk wre ad communcae.
Developme wok s fr oo dcu o be doe success
lly by ay oe o hese e goups workig n sola
on Boh e door ues ad e recpe
ounres s ecessary o acheve wa I cal e A-BCcombaon were A sads for admsraors; B sadsfor busnessme ad sads o commucaosha selectual wokes professonals of vaous desiposI s oly we s AB combao s eecvey
acheved ha a rea mpac o e applgly dcl
probems of developmen ca b madeI he c coues, ere ae hosads o abe peo
ple all hese waks of f wo wod lke o be voved
ad make a corbuon o e g agas word povey a cobuo ha goes beyod fog ou a b of
moey bu ee are o may oues for em Ad n
e poor couies e educaed people a hgy prveged moy a oo ofen folow e fasos se by erc socieesaoer aspec of ueol neo
coloaismad aed o ay poble excep os
drecly coeed w e povery of her fellow
counymen Tey need o be gve srog guidace ad
nspraion o dea w e urge probems of er owsocees
Te oblisao of reeva koedge o ep epoor o help emselves rog e oblsao of e
wilg hepes wo exs eveere bo here ad
oversas ad e yg ogeer of ese epers n
"ABGoups s a ask a reques some money buo ve uch As I sad a mere oe per ce of eBrs ad progamme woud be eougmore hn
enougho gve suc a approc al e cal
sregh could possbly reque for que a log ime ocome ere s eefore o qeso of urg e ad
pogammes upsde dow or sde ou I s he kga as o be caged ad aso e meod o operag
I s o eough merely o ave a ew polcy: ew me
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ods of orgaisation are requred, because h poi s he tto
To mplement he aproach here advocated acon
grous eed o be formed ot oy he door cou
tres but also ad ts s most morn he develongcoutres emelves. These acto grous o he A-B-C
patte should deally be outsde he govemen
mace oher words they should be nogoveea
voutary agences They may wel be se up by oluaryaences lready engaged n development work
There are many such agences boh relou asecular wh large umbers of workers a he "gass oot
level and hey have ot been slow recogsg ha
"needate ecology s precsely what hey hav
bee tryg o prac n umerous sances bu ha
ey are lackng ay organsed techncal backg to s
ed Confereces have bee held n many coutre todscuss her coo probems and has become evermore apparent hat eve the mos selfsacrcg eor of
the volunay workers cano be proer f uness
there s a sysematc organsato of kowledge an a
equally sysemac organsao of commucatos
oher words uless thee s somethng ha mgh caed a "electua nfrasrucure
Aempts e beg made to creae such a frascure ad they should receve he fues supo fro
govements and from the volunay fundrasng orgasaons A leas four ma fucons have o be fulled:
The ucto of commucaoso eable each el
worker or group of eld worke to kow what oher
work s gog o the geogahca or functoeto wch hey are egaged so as o facae the
drect exchage o fomao
The fuco of ormao brokerago assembeo a ysematc bass ad o dssemae relev formao o aroprate tecolges for develoing cou
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res. partcuary on ow-cost metods reag to bud
ng, water and poer crop-storage ad pocessig
sascae aufatng het sevces, taspoa
on d so foth Hee e essence of te matte s o
o od a the foao one cete but to hod"foation o nformaton o noho on ko
ow
Te fucton of eedba tat s o say e tas
sson of ecca probems rom te ed woes
deveopg coutres o ose pas e advaced
uries whee utabe acties for e soto exstTe fuction of creang ad coodatg substc
tures at s to say acto groups ad vercao
cenres he deveopg coutres eseves
Thee are atters whch ca be fuy caed oly by
ta ad eo In ts oe does o ave to befrom sacha gea da exsts aeady but t o
as o be pued togehe ad sysematay deveoped
The futue success o deveopme ad depd o the
ogansaton ad ommuao of te gt d o
odgea as ta s maageabe dete ad hoy
wtn he avaabe eurcesWy s so dcu fo he ch to ep the poo? he
apeadg dsease of the mode od s the tota
baa beteen cty ad outysde an baance ntems of weat powe cutue atacton ad hope e
oer has beome veexeded ad the ae has
atophed he ty has become te uvesa magehe a fe as ost s savou Ye t eman
uaerabe tut tat jus s a soud md deds on a
sound body so te eat of te ctes deds o te
heat of te a ae he es wth a e at
ae ey secoday poduce pmay poduc
o e peodto of ecoomc fe taes pace the cosde e pevalg a of baace bsed ote ageod expotato of couma and a matea
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prodcr, today thratns al cotrs tougho wor th ch vn o than th poor. To rstor apror baac bw city a ra if is prhaps thgast task i rot of mo a It is ot spy a
attr of raisig agrctr yids so as to void orhgr Ther is o aswr to th vis of ass poyt a ass migratio ito citi ss th wov o ra i ca b rais ad this rqs thvopt of a agro-istra ctr so that achdstct ach omt c or a coorf varty o
occpatios to its mbrsTh crcia tak o ts cad thrfor to akth dvopt o appropiat a thrby orc so that it w rach dow to th htand owor povry to two io viags I th isitgrationof rra i cots thr is o way oto matt
ow ch moy is big st Bt i th ral pop oth dvopg cotis ar pd to hp hsvs Ihav o obt that a gi vopt wi withot vast shat tows ad misy bts aro vbig cty a ithot th c stratios of boodyvotio h task is oiab idd bt th
rsorcs that ar wtg to mobis ar asofoiabEcoomic dvopt is sothig ch wid a
pr tha coomi t ao cootrics Its roosi otsid th coomic sphr i catio orgasao iscip a byod tht i poitic idpdc
a tioa coscioss o sfriac caotb "prodcd by sf tig opratos carrd otby orign tchicias or a ios it that has oscotact th th orda pop It can scc oy i itis car foard a broa popar "movmt ocostrctio i prar phas o th f tiisa
tio of th v thsiasm tigc ad aborpowr o vo Sccss cot b obti by so
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om o g odud b t t oonom nn. It o on toug ogowt iog h uton ogton and di o t wo oution Anthg tn th mut
nd e
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h Poblm oUnmoymn n nd
Talk t h Indi Develpmn Grup L
n spang o umpomnt I man th nonutlsaton or goss undusaon o avalabl labour W ma
thnk o a poducivit scal that xds om zro .th poductiv o a oa umpod pson to 10pr cn i t poduciv o a ul and ost civ occupd prso. ccial quson or an poorsoc s o to mov up on hs scl. n considring productivit a soci i is no s cnt to tak
account ol o thos wo a mplod o splodad o av out o th ckonn al tos who a unplod and whos producivt tor is ro
Econoc dvopnt pimail a usion o gtig mo work do For this, a our ssntiacondtos. Fist h mus b movaton scod hr
must b som knowhow thd th mus b somcapal ad ouh th mus b an ou: addtionaloupu us addiol maks.
As a as h moivaion s conrd h s ltl tob said fom ousi pop do o w o bthmlvs th a bst aon-his shoud b
s prncip o aid nsds ma a a dint viwd aso ca d sposbls. Fo t adgivr hr a awas nouh pol wo o is to
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bette hemseves, but they do not know how to do t. Sowe come to the queston f knowhow If there are mlos of oe who want to better hemseves but do otkow how to do t who goig to show them? Cde
the sze of the robem Inda We are not talkng abota few housads or a few mos b raher about a fewhded mos of eole. The sze of he robem pt beyod any kd f te ameoraton ay tte forovement o duceent and mak t a mate ofbc oltca hosohy. The whole at c b
smmed he ueson: wha edcaon for Ithk t was the Chese bfoe Wod Wa II whocacaed hat t took the wok of thry easats to keeone an o woma at a uvesy · I that erson at theuvery ook a ve-yea ce by the te he hadshed he wod have consmed 50 aworkyea
How can hs be justed Who h the ght to arpate 150 yeas f easant work to e oe person atnversy fo ve yea ad what do the aants getback fo t These ueso ead s to the artng of heways s eduaon to be a "pso to vege oetg whch eoe tae on themsev almost ke
a monasc vow a saced obgaton to see the eoeTe t oad ake he edcated yg eo o afasonabe dstrct of Bombay where a ot of he hghyedcated eoe have already gone ad whee he cnoi a mtua amato socety a tade o of therved to see t t hat hs iveg ae ot eroed
by the great msses of hs coemorares who have otbeen edcaed Ts s one way The other way woud beembaed o a deet st d wod ead o adeent destaton t wod tae h back to the eoewho afte a dcy o decy had ad fr hs edcaton by 150 asatwoyears; havg cosumed he
frts of he wo he wod fee n honor bond toe soe o hemThe robem s no new Leo Tostoy efeed to t
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he e rte I sit a a's bak, kig i, aakg ar e ad yet assure ysel a thetat I a ve srr fr him ad wsh t ease s lt ba ea ssible, expt gettig hs bak S ths
he rst qesti I sugget e have t fae Ca eestablis a idelgy r hatever yu lke t al it hisists that the eduated have take up temselves abligat ad have ot simply aured a assprt tvege? This idelg is f ose el supped b althe highe teahigs f akd As a Crstia, I ay be
ermited t qute fr St Luke: Muh wl be expetedf the a t whom uh has bee give Mre ll beasked f hi beause he was etted wth mre." It s ight ell say, a elemetar atter f juste
If this ideology does t preva if t is take ated tat eduato is a passp t privege, te te
otet eduaio wil ot parly be sometg tsee te eple, but smetg t see oselves, theeduate Te privileged morty wl sh t be edated i a aer that sets them apa ad will ievitabllea ad teah the wrg thigs at s o say thigthat d set them apar, wth a otept for aua
labur a tet fr pmary produo a teptr rral life, et et. Uess vtual al eduated peoplesee themselv as sevats of their outy-ad thaeas after all as servats of he ommo people-tereant possby be ough adershp ad eugh omuati f knowhw o sove hs probem f e
ploymet r uprdutive empoymet i the hal iliillages f Ida It is a ater f 500 people Frhelpig pepe to hep heeles yu eed at lest wopersos t lok afer 00 ad that meas a blgao torase te mo heprs that the hle eduaedppulao of Ida Now you may say ths s ipssble
but f t s it is t so beause of ay aws the uniee,but beause o a n bd ng sns othe part the eople who e ute repared to reeie
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and no prepared o gve A a maer of fact, there i
evdence hat h probem no inoube; but t cn beoved on y t h e polical leve
Now e me u o the hd aco afer mtvaon
ad ae kowo he actoI
have aled capawch o coue cloely relaed o he maer o kohow ccordg o my eimae here n Inda aedae need or omehing ike y mlon ew jobI we agree hat peope canno do poducive ork uneshey have ome capial-i e or of eqpment and
ao o wokng capiae quetion ae: how uchcapa can you ord o eah one ew jo? f co£ 10 o eah a jo you nd £500 mlon for ftlion job If i cot £ 100 o eah job you n£5000 on and co £5000 per ob hch wha mg co n Bain a e US. to et up
y mon jo you requre £250 mlonThe naiona come o e couny we are takg
ao o Inda i aou £ 150 mon a ye Soh r ueion i how much can we aod or eachjo? ad e ecod queion how much ime have we odo n? Le u ay we wan y miion jo n e year
Wha propotion of naona income (wch I dey aabou £ 1 5,000 mon) can one reaonaly exc o beavaae o e eaihmen of i capial und foo creaion? woud ay whou gog o y deaou ae lucky f you can make i ve pe cent Therefore you have ve pe cen o £ 1 500 mion fo en yer
you have a oa o £750 milon for he etbhento job you wan f lon jo n hoe en yearyou ca aod o nd an aveage o £ 5 per okpace a evel o capa veme per wokplan oe wo you could aord o e up ve mowokplace a yea Le u ume oweve ha you y
"No £ 1 5 oo mean w not uy moe h a et of ool e wan £1500 per workpace en you cnothave ve mlon new jo a yea oy haf a mo
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And f you say Ony he es is good enoug e ana o lie Amerians gh aay and a mns£500 per orplae hen you anno have alf a milon ne jos a year le alone ve million u only aou
10,000 No you have no dou noied aready a Iave simped hs maer ve mu eause n heen years ih nvesmen i jos you oud av anie in he naiona iome; u I have also lef oue reas in he populaion and I oud sugges aese o fao ane one anohr ei ee on my
aulaionI folos I suges ha e igges single oleive
desion a any ounry i he posiion of India a oae is he hoie of ehnoogy. I am no aying don la of h ouh o e. I am simpy saying ha ese arehe ard fas of life A lo o gs you an arue agains
u you anno argue agains arihmei S you an avea fe jos a a gh level of apalisaion or you a av
many os a a eaivey lo level of apiaisaion
No all his o oue i up he oer fao Iave menioned ih duaion moiaion and oo In India here are aou y million pupis in pri
a soo amos en mion in seondary shoosand roughly one and a half mllion in isiuions o higeeaing To mainain an eduaiona mahine on s indof sale oud o ourse e poiness unless a e end ohe pipeine hee a someing o hem o do ahane o apply heir oedge If here is no he
oe ing is nohing u a ghasly urden his roughpiure o he eduaiona eor ses o sho ha onerally does have o h n ers o ve mion ne osa year and no in s o a fe unded housand os
No un quie eenly ha is o say some fy oseveny yeas ago he ay e dd hngs as y presen
sandard que pimv. In hs oeion I should lieo reer o hap o Jon Kenneh Garaih's N Idual e1 onais a fasaig repo on
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he Fod Moo Cmpany. The Ford Moo panywa se up on 1 6 June 903 h an auhosed pil of$50000 of whch $ 00000 were issued bu ony $28500wee pad fo in ash S e oa h wh wen no
s eneprise was of he ode of $300. ey se upi une 903 and he rs o eah e aketappaed in Ooe 903 ha is o say, afe foumohs. empoyen 903 of os wa smal-25 peope ad he apal ivesmen pe wokpawas somewha eow £ 0. Tha was n 903. f we no
move sxy yea foad o 963 we d ha e FoMoo Compy deded o podue a new model eMusang. Te pepaion equied hee ad a hal yersEgeeg and syig oss wee $9 mion; he osof oong up fo hs new mode wee $50 on Mean-whie e asses employed y e Compay wee $600
mon, whh wok ou a aos £ 0000 pe pesonepoyed, aou a hunde es uh siy yeeae.
Gaa daws eain onusons fom whhae woh sudyig Tey dese wha happene ovehese sxy yeas he s is ha a vay eased sp
of me now sepaaes he egining of an enese fohe ompeio of he jo. The rs Fod a fo eegining of he wok o i apaa o he makeook fou on whie a mee hge of model nowakes fou yas Seond a vas inease i apial ommied o poduio Ivesen p n of oupu e
oigia Fod faory was iniesi maea ad pawee here oy iey; no expesve speiais gave emaeon; oy eemen mahes were used o asseme hem io a a; i heed ha he fae of he oud e fed y oy wo men Thd i hose syyeas a v inease of iexiy. Gaaih oens:
"Had Ford ad his assoaes [i 90] deided a aypo o shf from gasoie o seam powe e maeshop oud have aoodaed isef o he hange a
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few hours If they o t to chage ven ne ce, taes tt many month Fourh increaingy eclsedmanower not oly on he machnery but al on theplannng, the foeseeng of he e n the uteot
deti. Fth a vaty dieen tpe of oganton tnete al the nueous pecialts, none o whomcn do anyhing moe thn jus one mall tas nide theomplated whoe complex deed, w be e jobor ogniing specialits that thee wi be cialit ofognton. oe even than machney msive ad
omex buness orgiaios are being taible anes-tation of avanced ecology" Fialy the necsi orlong-ange planing wch ca assue yo, a ghyopsated ob and alo hghy rustatng Galbra
commen: "In the ely days o Ford he ftue w vene at and Only day elased between he coitment
o machie ad materal to poucion and theiappeaance a ca. I the futue s near at hd canbe ased o be vey much like the pet and telang and foecastg s not very dicult
Now wha s he upho of all ths? The upshot i thate moe sophicated he techolog, he gee in gen-
e w be he oegog equeme Wen the methings o le hich is al I am coneed wih e dud by ever more sophiticaed poceses, then the needto met these six euemes moe eve more beyohe capacty o ay poor ociety. As a as simpe proucare conceeoo, cong shele a culuethe
retest age is ha peope should auomaticaly assumetha only he 63 moel is reevant ad ot the 3moel; because he 163 ay o og thigs is accesble to the poor, a t pesupposes grea ealh Nowhou whig o be e o my acadec ens Ihod say hat this poi almos ivesaly ovelooke
by hem. The quesio o ho much you can aod oeah workplac when yu ee mis of thm s halyeve ase o u he euemens that have aien
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over the lt ty or sty yes in f nvolves a quanumjmp. Everng w qe conous i mn so abo e beg f s cenu; but te tf-n ere been a nm mp, e so of
jm e cptson of Ford from $0000 t$000 monIn a deveopng cont dcul enoug to et
Heny Fords a e 03 eve To ge Heny supeFords move from praccly nowee n o te level s vrually possble No one cn s t s
eve s mes a no one can do any at evel ness e s edy ebd s already opeat level s absoey cc for our ndeandg f e mode orld A s level no to epossbe oy exensons and s mens h e poor more dependen on e c n ever before m
so hey re wedded o evel hey cn onybe gples for te c for nsnce where low wgeenb em o prodce ceply s ad h e Peopleferre aond nd sy: "Here s or ht poo con wges re so ow t we n get some p of awc o of a crbreor poduced more cheply n
n Br So et be proded Hong Kon o wn or wereve gt be e roe of te poo o be gpers e eemen of he rc I folos s leve of tecnolog s mpossbe n ee f empoymen or dependence e cocof tecolog s e mos mpon of l choces
I s srne fc sme pope sy ere areno ecologcl coces I red n rcle by elknow ecooms from e USA wo sses a eres oy one y of prodcn ny prcr commodye wy of 7 Hd ese comodes never been prodd before? e bsc ngs of e ve been neede
nd prodced s Adm ef re He sys eoy mcne cn be proced s e ve esNo s a deren po d may we be e
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only machiney tha can be procured i s he laes.t s e ha a any oe ime tee s ony one d ofacnery ha ends o domnae he mare and thscreaes he mpesson as we had no choce ad as e
aoun of caa n a socty deeied he amoun oemployme could have O course hs s absud. Theauho whom I am quog also nows ha it s absud,and he hen coec himself and ois o xamles oJaan Korea Taiwa ec whee eoe achieve a highlevel o emloymen ad oducion wih very modest
cap equpmenThe moa o enological choce s gadually
eneng he cosciousness of economss and develomeplaners Thee ae fou sages The s sage has beeauer and scofu rejecion o anyone who akeabu ts The second sage has now been eached ad
ope gve ip se to bu o acio follows ad hed coniues The hd sage would be acive wo e mobisaon o e kowledge of his echnologcalchoce; and he fouh sage wl then be he paccaapcao a long oad bu I do no wsh to de hefac tha here ae poicl possiblies of gog saigh
o he ou sage f here s a pocal ideology hass developen a beg abou people hen one canediaely employ e ngenuy of hundeds o iosf ope and go sragh o te orh sage Thee aredeed some counes whch ae going sraigh to heou sage
Howeve s no for me o al olcs i s nowbeg ncreasngly undesood a th ecooccho s of absoluely voa moane how can wege fom sage wo o sage hee namely fom us gvng ece o acualy dog wor? To m owledge thswo beng done yseacally only by one ogana-
on e Inemedae Techoogy Developmen Goup( TDG ) I do not dey ha some wo o begdone o a commecial bis bu no yemaicaly.
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I.T.DG se tself the ask to d out what e the ecologcal coces I w oy gve oe example out of themay actves o ths puely pvate goup. Take fod
wok d woodwokg metal ad wood beg the wo
bc raw mateas o dusty Now, what ae the ateratve techologies ha ca be employed aged heode o captal itesy om he mos ptve wepeople wok t the smpes tools to the m comcatd? Ths s show what we cal a dusta poead these dustal pos a suppoted by co
mauas a each leve of techoloy ad by a drectoo equpmet with addesses wee t ca be obtaedThe oly cticis ta c be levelled ags hs acv
y s that s oo le ad too late t ot good eougthat ths ccial maer oe sould be satsed wh oette goup o pvate ethusts dog ts wok Tere
ought o be dozes of sold well-edowed ogaato the wod dog e ak s so geat a eve someoveappg oud o matter I ay case I soud hope
that ths ok be ake up o eay ubstascale i Ia ad I degted o see at aeady ombengs have bee made
I sa o to e ouh acto amely maketThee s o coue ve rea poblem ee because
povey meas tha maket ae sal ad tee veylle ee puchasg power the puchasg power haexsts aready s a t wee bespoke ad I sta a ewpoduco of say sadals or shoes a poor are my
elowsuees te aea wl ot have ay moey obuy the shoes whe I ave made them Poduco someties ease to sta ha t s to d mket adte o cou we ge vey quckly he advce to oduceo epo because expos ae may or he ch utes ad the puchasg powe pletiul Bu sa
om othg al aea ow could I hope to becompettive the wold maket
Thee ae o easos o ts extaoday peocupa
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o wih xpors as far as an s On s r hohr no so good I sha s al abou h sond on is raly a hangovr of h onom inkig of hday of lonalsm Of ours mropolan powr
movd io a rory no · baus i was paiularlyirsd i loal popuaon bu i ordr o opn upsours ndd for s own iusry. On movd noTanzania or ssal ino Zabia for 'oppr and inosom ohr pa for ad. T whol hnng wasshapd by hs inrss
"Dvopmn man h dvopmn of raw maralor food suppls or of radng pro oonia owrws prmary nsd in supps and pros no n hdvopmn of h navs and man was prmarlyirsd in olonys xpors and no in is nalmk Ts oulook as suk o suh an xn ha vn
Parso Rpo onsids xpanson of xpos hain ririon of suss for dvlopig ounrs. Bu ofours popl do n lv by pog and wha hyprodu for hmslvs and for ah ohr s of innygra poran o hm han wha hy produ fororignrs
Th ohr pon, howvr is mor al on. If I produ for xpo ino a ri ouny, an ak h avalabiy of urhasng pow for gand, baus my onlil produon is as noig ompard w wha xsslrady. B f I sar nw produon n a poor ounyhr a b no loa mak for my prods unlss
div h ow of purhasing powr from som ohrprodu o n. A dozn drn produons shoud alb sad or n for vy on of h wvprodurs h or lvn wod b his mark Thrwould b addona purhasing powr o absorb addional oupu Bu s xmly dul o sar may
dn avs a on So h onvnonal adv sny produon o xpor s propr dvopmSuh produon no only hgy md in sop
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moyn s so exeey ed o copee w � s no y o epoy hehh nn nd bong echoogy ohe coes In y cse hee s no mupe
c my oods e sod o oreign xng nd heoregn ng s sen on pos o e repyeno deb) d h s he end o
nd o mny copleea podcc suaeously pesens e see dcuyor eelopmen bu he dculy cn be miged b
"pumppg hough pubc woks. r o sse pubc woks progrme o ob creion heofen been exoed. The ony on I sod ke o mkein conx is he oong ou cn ge new puchsng powe in r cony by w o pubcworks pogmme nncd o ousde see o i h he
fu possibe use is mde o he "muplie c" epeople empoyed on he pubc or n o sped hewges on "wges good" is o sy consmes goodso inds. I hese wges goods cn be ocy poducee new pucng power mde be houg epubic wos om does no seep w bu goes on
cculng n he locl mke nd he o empoyeneec coud be podgious Pubc works e er desirbend cn do g el o goo; bu i he e nobcked up b he dgenous producon of ddowges gos he ddiion purchsng powe owno ipos d he coun my experence seous o
egn cng dicues. en so i is sledng oeuce ro his rusm h expos e specily mpon or eeopen e l or mnkd s woehere e no epors W d no s deeopmen byobing oreg exchnge om Ms o rom e oonnkd is cose ocy Ind is que big enoug o
be reiely cosed socie n h sense sociey nwch e ble-bode pople work n prouce w heyeed
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Eveng souns ve dcult and in sense it is ver
diu i is done f the people, istead of by thepepe. Bu et u no think tha deveopment or emplo-ment is antng ut he most nara thng i the wod
It ou eve healh peron's le er mes apoin when e ip es o work. In a ense t muheasier o do now thn it hs ever een i human hsto? Beause here i o mu more kowledge Theree so h etter omunitions You a l hskoedge (hs i wha the Indan Deveopmen Go i
here for) et not mesmese ouelves the dulte u rever he ommonsense vew hat to wo the mo nua thig in te orl On one mus not eloke eing too d ever aou i We re awavng l sor of lever ides aout optimising somethgefore it even exsts I thk the supid mn who as
"ometig eer han nothg is muh more intellgen h ever a who w no tou anhige it i op \hat is stopping us? Theoes pg hve oe aro planne a he Pan Comsion who ve onved themseves tha even wthfteen ea i no pose to put he wilng lao
power of Indi o work If he a it is no posie fteen monts I ep h euse it es ime o geound Bu o how u he sponge an sa i is opsse to o he most elementr hng witn fteee, h i jus so of degener of the teh i the arument ehind i? Oh! the rmen ve
lever spendd piee of mode uildng The avesened ht i order o pu an o wor ou neeon verage so muh eeti so uh ement, omuh stee T i surd I sould ke o remid YJUtht hdred ear ago elei, eent and stee dinot even e n a gnin quat t l I should
ike to remid ou that the Ta Mh ws uit witoueletri ement and seel nd that ll the thedal ofurope ere ul wthout the I s ton e
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nd tht e e the et y 't dnythng t d thi the thing tht h t e ere y y th i t n ene t i t e t y
e in wth the din ee thewrd It re nt itng thed ee t et kid nty ntn f te edtd
nthe ee we e td thert d nnetht the ne ee y t t wk deed
te it y e y d ntt ee t w t re it d We re tdthee n h tehy i tn hdtted te er 1 We re t tt t nt een t e yth t the tet ethd nythg d e e t hn ee dg
tey nthi We re td tht t neey tete the h tr he retet deti ye e t he n
he k ter he d kng ehd.Thee it etwee rwth d eet. Ntee nt etween the reet d the tre Y
w he t tt er rd ee t dentte tht ettg ee wrk y rete ietween the eet d the te. N ty tht hdeed h ee e t de witht etti teee w. On te e h t ite te t y ttthee thi e it n the ther hd et nee
e iht the t tt we e tkng t 't eeetry need nd tt we t t e eeted thee hgtig d ey dit et di the t eeety d �et h
Nw t the i i det I w ge ythe et ie ee ee e
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for lmost l huma need. Oe of te gretest tecer
of India ws te Budda, wo ncluded in s tecge obligtion of every good Buddst tt e soud plantand ee to te etbiment of one tree t let evey ve
yer A ong as ts w obeed te wole lge areaof India w covered w tree free of dut wt plenyof wer pleny of hde, lenty of food nd mtel
Jut ige you could esbls n ideology wc wouldme it obligto fo every be-bodied person Indimn, womn nd cd o do tt lttle tngto plnt
d ee to te etblient of oe tee yer ve yerung T veyer eod woud gve you 00mlion estbhed tee Anyoe cn work it out on tebck of n envelo tt te econoic vue of uch enterpre teligently conducted would be eter tnyg tt eve bee omied by ny of India'
veye pla It could be doe witout a peny of foreig d; tere is no problem of svngs d investmetIt would roduce foodstus bres buildg mterisde wte mot anyg tt m rely ned
I just leve ti thougt, not te wer toIdi' enoou obem ut I k: wt so of n
educaton ts if t prevent u from tkg of gsedy to be done editey? Wt mke u tnk wneed electrcity, cemen nd steel before we c do nytg t l? e relly elful tg wl not be donefrom te cete they cot be doe by bg orgitiobut tey cn be doe by e peole temelves If we cn
recover te ene tt it i e most nturl tg forevery ero bo into ts world to ue nd aroductive wy nd tt it is not beyond e wit of n tomke t poible, ten I k te roble of unemployment w dier d we l oo be skg ourseve ow we c get l te work done tt needs t be
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he es f clug scuss pectblty s vue s ht it epesets e f the st iptephysc heefe pctcpbles wh
hch we e fce hee hve eve bee s yfutulgst ples fecstes elbules see e ty the st tgug puct f tech-lgcl pgess he cpute sees e tle pssbtes Peple t feey bu chies tetel the futue Ae such ches ust wht wehve bee wg f l e t l ties hve beeti t k the futue
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hem. Whe he Greeks-and I suppose os other naowen o lvg oracles, o he Pyas Cassandrasprophes d sees he Chne rearkably en o abook eng ou he unve and necessay pae of
changes he ey Laws of Heaven o which a natureconfo eably and o whch an wl cono freelyas resul of sgh gaed ether from wisdo or frosue Modern an goes o he copuer
Tepng may be o comare he ancien oacld he ode compuer ony a comason by cnr
s possbe The fo1er deal exclusvely wth quaes; helaer wih quanttes The scpon oer he Delpceple was Know Thye" whe he nscpton on elecronc copuer s ore lkely o be : Ko Meha s Sudy he Opeang Icons before Plugg" I gh e hough a he h and e oracle
are ephysc whe he copuer model s real" buhe fac reas ha a acne o foree he fure sbed on eaphysc asspons of a ery dee kd.I aed on he plc sumpon a he fuure salready her ha ess already n a deeaefo so ha reques erely good sruens an
good echques o ge no focus and ae vsibleThe reader wl agree a hs s a ery farreacg eaphyscal asspon fac a os eraoary sumpon hch seems o go gan al de personal epeenc I ples ha hua freedom doe no es or ny cse ha cano aler the preeered use of
eens We co hu our eye o he fac on hc Ihave been nssn houghou hs book a such nassupon lke al eaphysc heses wheher eplcor pc h decse praccal consequences The queson s sply s e or s une?
When he Lrd creaed he world and ope le
enrse whch accorng o ode science ka ve long e- cold wl age a He reonedw self as follows I ae eveyg precable
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these human beg, whom I have endoe wth pretygood brns unoubtedy lea to redict evehgan the wll hereupon have no motve to o anyhg atl beause they wil recognse that the futr toa
detered an cot be uend by y huma actoOn the other hand i I make everytng nprectabletey gradually dscover hat there no rationl bfor any decson whaoever and n the rst case the thereuon have no motve to do yhg at al.Neher scheme wo mae sense I must therefore create
a xture of te two Let ome tgs be predctble anlet ohe be unpredctable They ten amongst mnoher things ave the ve ortant tak of ndng outwhch s whch"
Ad ts ndeed a ve morant t pcuarltoday hen oe r to devse machnes to foretell the
fuure Befoe yone make a redcon he should beabe o gve a convcng reason why the fator to whchs ediction refers is nerently edctable
Plnne of course roeed on the sumton tha heutre not aready ere tat they e not delg a predetened-and theefore redictableystm that
he can detene hgs by ther on free an thatther lans mae the future derent fom what twou have been had thee been no lan Ad yet t s thplanne moe than erhas anyone else who woul nothing beer han to have a machine to foree tetre Do they ever onder wheter the mache mght
ncdenty aso foreel ther own plans befor the havebeen conceve?
Nd for
Hoever hs may be t s clear that he queston of prdctaby s not ony ota but also somewhtvoved We ta hapy about esatng pag fore
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sig udgeig ou suves progrmmes, ges
nd so or d e ed o use ese e s i eere ee iegee d s i eveod wouduomi ko w ws me Te resu is grede o onusio ese i is i eess o me
numer o udme disinios Te erms e usem reer o e ps or o e uure e m reer os or o evens d e m sigi eri or uein Te numer o omiios posse en erere ree pirs o s kid is 23, or 8 d we re
ug o ve eig diere es o e quie ein w e re kig ou Ou nguge owever iso pee s Te mos impo disiio isgee e d evens e eig ossiees m ereore e ordered oos :
1 A 5 Even
Ps PsCei Ci
A 6 EveFuue FuueCe Cei
A Even
Ps Pseri Une
4 A 8 EveFuue FuureUeri Unein
Te disio eee s d eves is s s s eee ive d psive or eeen in moo or ouside m oro" o pp e odpg" o mes osde e per's ono sud Evens s s e pe is oerned, simpppen He m e e o oes em d is m
we uene is p u e o possi e p oe pn.
Te disinon ewee e s nd e ure roved
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to be necssa fo ou puose, because i fact, wodlike "pla o tmate e beng used to efe to ethe.f I say: I shal not vt Pa witout a plan th camen I hal mself wt a teet plan fo oenta
ton d woud hefoe efe to cae 5 O t ca meaI sh melf wth a plan ch outn advacewee I a gong to go ad how am gong to snd tme and onease 2 o 4. I someoe cams thatto have a lan ndpensable t is ot witout tetto nd out whethe e mea te oe o the latte
Te two e nialy deentSilay the od estiate denote uncetay may apply to te pat o to the fute an dealwold t would not be necea to make estmate aboutthng hat had alead happeed But n the wold tee s much uncetaity even about ma
wih, pnciple, could be fuly ascetaned Ce 3, 7 d 8 epesent fou deet y of estateCase 3 elate to oetig have done the pat; ce 7,to omethig that h hapened n the pt Ce 4 eateto ometg pla to do the fe whe ca 8elate to ometg I expect to appen the futue
Ce 8, fact i a foect n the pope ense of thetem and a nothng whateve to do wit "planngHo often howeve e foecat peseted heywee lans-and v ra! The Bth Naton lanof 1965 povde a otstandng eample an not upgly, came to nothg
Can we eve peak of futue act o event cea(cae 2 and 6 ) ? have ade a pan with f noledge of a te elevt facts, beng exbly eolved cry t toughae 2- may, i esct, conidemy futue acton a ceta Smial laboato scece dealing with caeuly isolated deteminstc tem
fue eve my be dscbd a cean Te ea woldhoweve i not a detenstic sstm we may be ableto tak wth cetat about act o even of the pat
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cae or 5- we an do o abot ftre evet oy e ba of asmton I other wod, we a ormulae odioal atemen abo he fre h as:f h ad h a red o ev oued or aohe
x year h whee wold ake u." Th o a oea or pedt whh m way e ne herea wold u a eploaoy aulaon wh egcodoal ha the vrue o mahemaal eray
Ende on et rom he ema muddle whh we d oueve oday A meoned eoe
pla e pu owad whh o npeon oo eae o even otay oude he oro o heplae Foeat are oerd wh upon pon ou o e odoal eee n ohe wrd,xploaory lulao The ae re epd a hey wee oreat or predo ae are p
oad wh o eo o o e pla Ado o and o oh O aadem teahe wold peoa o eeary ad realy hpl ak hey ghhe ude o me he dtton dued aove eveod a eology whh ed hem wor
edctby
e ow reu o o ma ujpredaly Ipredo or oeatghe o em wold eem to benerhagealeoe at al The uue de no
e; how old here e owledge a omethg nete? Th queon i oy too wel ed In her ee o he wrd kowege an only e ao thepa he uue alway he makng egade gey o o eg mateaL aou whh a geaea a e kown he utue heeore gey re
dae, i we hve od and eeve owedge o hepa Lage, y o mea wholy o to he ag
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of the fuure there enters that mysterious ad rrepressiblefactor caed uman frdo. t is he feedom of a bengof whch t h been s that t was ade n the image ofGo the Creator: he freedo of reativity
Srage to y, nder he inuec of aborato ceany poe today see to e her feedo oy for thepuose of denying it exstec. Men and ome of greatgift d ther purest deght in magnfyg eve "mechans every nevtaby, evering whee hua freedom does not enter or does not appear to enter A at
shout of tuph goes u wheever aybody h foudsoe fuher evdenc- physooy or psychoo orsocioog or econocs or otcsf uneedom somefuther ndcaon that pepe anot hep beng what theyae and doing what tey are dong no atter how ihuman ther actos gt be The dena of frdo of
couse s a dea of resposbity thee ae no ac buoy eves; evetng py happens no one s resposibe Ad hs s o doubt the an cause of the semanticcofon to ch I have refeed above It s ao tecaue fo the beef hat we sa on have a ache forete the futue
To be sure everyhng spy hapned there werno eemet of freedo choce umn ceavity andresposbty eveytng woud be fecty pedctabesubject ony to accdenta and tepoa mtion ofknowedge The absence of freedo wou� ae humanaas sutabe for sudy by he natua scens or at eat
by ther metods, and eabe resuts oud no doubtqucy foow the systemac obseaton of facs Pofesso Pheps Bon in pesdenta addes to the RoyaEconoc Sociey, apas to adopt pecsey pont ofvew when tag about 'Te Undedeveopent of -omcs. Our own scece he says h hdy yet
reached s seventeenth cenuy. Beevng that ecnocis maphysicl the sae physcs he quote other
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eoomst Pofesso Moese roil sfollows:
Te dece ek ch ae h te eentnent ecca he ed o mecc oo ecae o peio deveope roo. t aaced eea miei o ec et o-oca oevaion . . ohg o h o cedn economc cece. t o have een aud pico have epece Kep n eon thout Tchoadhee no eao o hope o an eae deeopmet n
eonomc.
Professo hs Brown ondes therefoe tht we eem mn moe es o obsevons of beho"U e o memaio ema
I the itrsio of hm feedom n eonsbit
tht mkes eonomis meths deent om hss nd mkes hmn irs el nedble Weobt edtbi of ose hen we o othe en odin to ln. Bt ths s so resel bese n s the esl o n eese i the feom ohoie: the hoie hs been de; ll letves ve
bee elmned If eole sk to h l the bevio s eible sim bse the hve hosen toender he eedom o t othewise hn esrbe the l
le, evehin whh is mmne to he -son of hm freedom le e movemens of the strs
s edtble n evehn bje to this intsi sreditbe Does tht men ht l hmn tons enedbe? No bese mos eole most of he imemke no se o ther eeom d el mehnllExeee shows tht hen we e den wih lenmbes of eol mn sets of he behvo re
dee etbe fo ot of e nmbe t oneme, onl minorit re sin he owe o fre-d d he often do ot snnl e he tot
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outcome. Y al reay potant novatons andcangs normaly st o y os of people who use creave freeo
I is t a soca penoena acqure a sea
ss prctabty fro non- of fom, wchas ta t grat ajorty of pople rspon o ag stuato n a way tat os no aer gratly e ss tre are realy overog nw caue.
We can trfore istnguh as folos:
Fu prectay (n pncp) exsts ony ebsc o uan reom .e "suuan atueT ttos of prcaty re pury ttoof koege a tecqu
Rlav prctay xsts t rega o eeavour pattr of v larg nrs of pope ong
oa gs (routn) Rlavly u prctaty exsts t rgr human acos conro y plan c efo e. raay ttae
4. Invual csons y uals re pcplnpctae.
Shrt-Tr Frcst
In practce a prcto s spy extrapolaon moy kon pls But ow o you extraolat? Ho many
yas o you go ack? Assg tre s a rcr ofgrot a pecsly o you xtrapoatt avragerate o go or t cras t rat of o ort anua crnt n asou ts? a mattr offact tre re no rules * s us a attr of feel ougn
* t a aa a pa ussa go ak at as a ar a l; u aae judg dd o a a o
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t s good o ko of he derent posstes fsng the same tme ees for exrapoatons wih vedeent rests. Such knodge w prevent us fomptg de faih n anyextapoaton. At the ame tme,
nd y the same token the deveopment of (what porto e) ee foecasting technques can ecome a vice. Inshorttem forecastng ay for next year, a rened technqe arey prodces sgncany deren esuls fomthose of a crude echique. e a year of owhwhatan ou predict
. that we have reached a tempoay ceiing2. hat gowh wi conne at he same, or a sower
a faser rae3 ha thee wl e a decne
o, t seems cear hat te choce etween these the
asc anaive pedcons cnno e made y oe-csing echnque" ut ony y nformed dgement Itdepends of corse, on wat yo ae deang th. eno have someing hat s noaly growng very fast, kete consumpton o elecrcty your threeod choice seween he same rae of growth, a faster rae, o a
sower aeIt is no so mch forecasng echnqe as a full understandng o he curen siuaon h can hep n theformaton of a sound udgemn for the futre If hepresent eve of performnce (o ate of growh s kowno e nuenced y que anorma factos whch e
nikey o appy n he cong year it s o cousenecessay o tae ee no accont The foecast, sae lt ye may mpy a re" gowh o a readeclne on account o exceptona facors eig pesenths yea and ths of course, mst e made epct ythe orecaser.
I eleve theeore hat l eo needs o e pu nondesanding te ce situion to deny and ineed e emnae anomal" and nonecuen facors
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from te cuet pichre. Tis vg bee doe, te
metod of oecastig ca ardly e cde eoug. No
amout of eeet wil e oe coe to te fd
meta judgemet-is next year goig to be te same asast year or beter or orse?
At tis oit it ay e oected tat tere out to egrea ossibilities o sortter orcastig wit te epo eectroc coue ecause tey ca vey eily ad
quicky adle a great mass o data ad t to te soed o mateatic eesso. y mes of "eedback
te mateaica ersso ca e ket up to date alosttataeously ad oce you ave a rely good mae
mtica t e acie ca pedict te fuue
Oce aga e eed to ae a ook at te metaysca
basis o suc cas Wat s te meaig of a good
atematica t Smly a a seuece of quaiate
cages i te ast as ee elegaty descrbed i recsematematica aguage But te fact tt r te
maceae ee ale to descrie ts sequece soeactly by o meas estases a resumtio tat e
atte wll cotiue. It coud coiue oy if () terewere o uma freedo d te as o ossiy
of ay cage te causes tat ave give se o eoseed ater
soud acce te ca tat a very clea ad veystrogly esised atr o saility got o
decie ca e eected to cotue or a itle loge
ues r s deite oedge o e ariva o
factos likly to cag it ut sugest tat o te deeci o suc ca sog d ersset attes te
eectoic m rai is oay ceae te adore reiale ta eecoc rv r to u teoe way oud ; i i s y cessay to ay sucigy red eods o ataa aayss o e
deeco o a atte t oe eeds a eecoc coputer e ate is too ak ad oo oscure to a
suitale bass or etapoaio rea e
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Cde metods of foecastng-after the cuet pictue bee coected for abomaltieare o lkeyto ea ito the eo of suou vesmtude asou detang-he two geatest vces of te statsticia. O ou ave a foua an eecoc comute, tee is a awfu temtato to squeeze te emou t is a to eset a ctue of the futue wcthouh its ve ecso a vesmtude aries covico Yet a ma ho uses a agar ma thg ita te oe s key to be wose o tha omeoe wit
o ma at a; fo he fa to que heever e to oseve eve eta o s wa to seac cotous wit a hs sess a a s iteece for iictos of whee e sou go
The erso o maes e foecass ma stil ave aecse apecatio of the mHto o wc y e
ased But te eo who es te forecasts may aveo dea at al hat the woe e is ofte he asestads a fals wt oe sge veiabe asmpoe is esse b te thoroess of te job oe bythe fact that evetig seem to "a p so fof te foecasts wee esete ite aessy as it were
o the back of a eveoe e woul ave a mcbetter chace of apreiatg te teos cacter athe fact that foecasts or o forecast someoe ttake a eteeeuia eciso about te uoftre
Pnnin
I ave alrea sste that a a is somethg essetiallyeet from a foec t is a statemet of itetio ofat te paersr the terst to o Pa
g (as I sggest he te shou be se) is isearaberom power t s ata iee esae at eveboy wieig y ki of oe shou have some so of
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a plan, hat is o ay tat e hod ue power deiber
atey ad cocouy oog ome diace aead
ie. I dog o e mut coider wat oter peope arekey o do; oer word e caot p eiby wit
ot dog a cra amot of forecaig T i quiteaigoard a og tat wic to be forecati fact "forecaabe if t reate eiter to matterto wch uma freedom doe ot ete or to teroe aco o a very arge mber of idividua or
to e etabied a of other peope wedig power
Ufotuatey te matte to forecat ery oftebeo o oe of hee caegorie but · are depedet o
te dvida decio of ige per o ma goupof pero uc ca foreca are itte more ta
pired guee d o deree of povemet forecatig tecique ca ep Of coure ome peope may
t ot to mae bee guee ta oer bt t wiot be de to te poeg a better forecatg tecque or beer mecaic equipmet to ep em iei comutato
Wat te coud be te meag of a atioa pa a free ocety? t caot mea e coceato of a
power at oe pot becae tat wod impy te ed offrdom : geuie pag coexeive wit power teem to me tat e oy eigbe meg of te
word a aoa pa i a free ociety woud be eet poibe taemet of eo by a popewedig ubttia ecoomc power uc tatemet
beig coected d coated by ome cetr agecy Teery coitecie of c a compote p mtgive vaab poier
nem Fots an Febt Sde
Le u ow to og-term forecatg by wic mea poducg eiate e or more yea aead t
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mus be clear tt, change eng a functio of e, e
longer-tem future s eve ess predctale tha he soe I fact a longte forecastng somewha esumuous and asurd nless t s of so genera k
a merely states he ovious. All he sae� there ofte a practcal necessy for "ag a ew on hefuure as decisons have to be take and longte commmets etered Is ere othg ha coud hel?
Here I should e o emphasse agai the dstcto
eeen forecasts on e oe hand a "exlorato calcu
aos or feasiby sudes o he oe e oecase I asser hat ts or tha w be the positio saytwey years' te he oer case I merely expoe helonge eect of cera assed endences I s fortaey e ha macroconomcs fely sdese very aely carred beyo he mos udea
eggs Peole re conen o ey on geera foecasts wch are arey woh he paper hey are tteo
It may be helful I gve a few exes It s eyopca ese days o tlk aou he eveome of deeveloped countes ad cotless plas (socalle)
eng produced o ts end we go y he expecttosha are eng aroed all over he wold appes o eassumed a h a few ecades most peole te worover e gong o be able o lve more o less as e wese Eroeans ae lvg oday Now t seems o me, wold e ve stcve omeoe detook to make a
proper eted fesy sudy of hs projec He ghchoose the yea 0 e erma date ad workackward from here What woud be he equre outputo foodstus fues, metals exte bes, and so foh?What would be the stock of ndustrial capit? Natury,he would have to troduce many ew assumpons e
wen ong Each assumpto cold the ecome he obecof a futhe feasbity study He g hen at e
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cud t sv h uats uss h ntducd assu
tns whch tncndd a unds f rsna aty. h ght r hghy stct. t ght cncvay ad t th cncn that wh st ctay
th ught t sustanta cnc dtthrughut th cunts wh gat asss f v n act s th a can chcs wntatv paterns f dvn that cud adand that s tys f dvnt wud aa rfas than hrs
Lg-t thkg sud y cnscntu faty studs wud s t artcuay dsa whgad t a nn-nwa aw atas f td aaty that s t say any fss fs and ts Atsnt, f tnc th s a acnt f a y
S s t ass that ca n th ay ut
A afu faty stud ang us f a aa dnc f ca ad natua g ss vd as as y assud t st wud cdngstuctv
O h suct f uatn cas and fd sus ha hd th nast thng t fasy studs s fa
cng ay f Untd Nans gansatns Thyght cad uch futh gng nt ny th tas ffd duc t atad y 980 00 ut asshwg uch gatr dta han has s fa n dnth ta f scc sts that wud ha t takn th na futu ths tts a t attand.
n a th h t snta nd s a uy nctua: a ca arcat f h dnc twn a fcas ad a as sud t suy a sgn f statstcatacy t cus th tw A ng-t fct as sad s rsuuus; u a ngtr fsy study ac f hu and untntu w whch w sha
ngct at u r.Agan th qusn as whthr ths wr cud
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faciaed by more meanial aids su as elecroniccompters. Personay I am lned o doub i. seemso me a h less mulipicaion of mec ads elds i requre judgemen more ang els
s on of cief dynac forces beind arkso'sLa Of course, an eleronic ompuer an ork ou avas nmber of permaio employg vag assmws a fe seond or mues l i mig akee on-eleroic bra as may mons o do samob Bu po is a e on-eleonic bra eed
ever aemp o do a ob By poer of udgmen i ca concerae on a fe dcisiv paraeeic ar q suie o rages of rasoabl probab Some pople mae a old bpossbl ad lpfl o e p a mai for logragforcasg o i ce "es cold b fed co
uosl d rspons old prod cnalrevsis of some loger forecass No dob old e possibl; b od b elpful? Eac ie ofnes as o b udged for is log-er relvanc ad aso udgeme s geray no possibl immedaelNor ca I see an valu i coua revision o log
r forecass as a aer of mial ro Aforecas is reqred only en a longrm decisio as b ake or reeed is a comparavely rar vnve larges of bsiss ad en i s o edelibrael and coscieously o assmble e bs vidn o dge eac iem e lig of aaed
experie nd a o com o a vie c appersreasoabl o bes brs avabl I is a maer ofsdecepo a laborios ad ucera processcould b sociruied b a pie of mecaicaapara
We comes o feasiby ss s dsc fro
foreass i ay oasional seem useful o av apparaus c ca quick es e ee of variaons osassmpos Bu I av e o be convned a a sd
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l ad a s o opound ns als a no qusun o puos.
Uedab and Fedom
od a a nav oo aou usulnss o"auoaon a o oo oasn and lk do no undsa va o lon ops and sla appaau o o asks lk olng
aaal pols o poa poduon unsTs la asks blon o a sns o applaos T suj a s nonuan o paps sould say suan T xaud s as o as o ua do asn oo sposly and dgy soon as uan
do ns a an nly dn odw s a da n any polaon o anal dvs T ndns ap o ola dson sould ssd w os d
naon. Ga daag o ua dy suld o sdd ap o oal sns o adop d
a ods o naal sns Enosnd n o so appld onos s no an an s a o ou o ng uga a an o wsdo M. Coln Clak onlad a logpod old ono quladlop sls n own ula a nly
ndpdy o ola and soal angs On sng o s apysl sy o a ook n94 nld Eonoi o 960 oud unso say a pu d as no slan owa auay a o pass s ndd kd oslan sply ss o a a a
ss s do an unand sn o pysaas o nau B lsson o M Clak's ook s s pysa assupon s unu; a n a
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wold economic equlba, even the longer , aeghly epenent on poltl nd socal chge; an tatthe sophstcated and ngeous metods of foecastngemployed by M. Clak meely ed to pouce a woof spuous vesltue
ncuson
I tus come to te cheefl ncluson hat e ncludn
economc lfe s sll woh lvg becae t s sucentynpedtable to be teestng. Nether te eonomst norte ttstcan w get t "taped W the lt f teyl w of natue we e stl master of u n an lectve desty fo goo o ll
But te ow-w of the eonomst te attcan e
atr etst d enneer and even f te genesper can e to a te lt w w rety onne e te aot be frecst but c be exo Fib tue cn show were wepe t be t moe mpont tday tanever bee ne t come te eynote f
no er e rent attem bta elable nowedge
bt eenty etermnate futue te mdema of acton may suon self by eveownme of foeastes by eergrowg monta offact dat t be gted by ever moe wonefu me
hnca trvnces: I fear that the esult s lttle moreth a uge game of makebeleve ad an ever moemaellous vcaton of Panon' Law Te bestecson w st be based on the jugement of matuenonelectonc bas possesse by men who have ookedseay and camy at the suaton a seen t whole
Stop oo and sn a better mott t Loo t the foecasts
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contr mos of th socologss and psycholossisnly wa o i rnt dangrsangrs o htgrty o th idivda hn h fl as nohg ot a sma co i a vast mac and hn th hmaatonips of s daly ong if bcom ncasgydhansd; dagrs also to cincy d podcivysmmg om v-grog Pakinsona bracrac
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B e n eal eete mmnat is fm mat man fae t fae Fank Kakas ntmas vel
Th depits te devastatn eets f emte t. M K, te an se as een ed by te
aies bt bdy qite knws w ad wy. Hetes t et s pstn laied ease te peple emeets all tel m Uftately we ave n need f a
land svey Tee wld t e te east se f ee.
S mak evey e t meet atiy ae t fae,
M K appaes as pepe w evdetly aysme weit; bt tes tel im: Y avet e ptill nw me nt eal tat wt atites All
tee tats ae · meely s bt w t yae . y tke tem t be eal.
He fas ttely t d ay eal wk and te eeves a
lete fm Te astle "Te svey wk wi yave aed t t fa as my eti . . . tslake y ets Bn y wk t a sessfl l Ay tept wld displease me. I sallt fet y
Nbdy eally lkes lae-sale asat; bdy
lkes t ke des fm a spe w takes dsfm a spe w takes des . . Eve f te uesesed by beaay ae tstadly mane bdykes t be led by es tat s t say y peple wseanswe t evey mplat s dd t make te ules am meey applyn tem
Yet t seems aesale aisati is ee t stayTee t is all te me neessay t tk abt tad t tese abt t Te sne te uet teate te eed f sklf avatn
Te fdamental task s t aeve smaless hlae asat.
Oe a lae ansati as me it ein, t maly es t alteat paes f crasng addeeg lke sws f a pedlum Weeve e
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encotes such oppote, eac of tem wit persuasvearents i ts favo it is worh lookg nto the depthof te problem for sometng more th compromimore a alf-andhaf soluton. Maybe what we reayneed s not eher but hene-dheohe-eme-me
Ts vey faar probem perades te whoe of reae athough t is igy unpopulr t people wo spendmost of ter tme on aratoy probems from wc lextrneo factors have been carefuly eate For
watever we do rea e we must t to do just situaton wc icudes a socalled extraneous factord we ways ave to face te simulneos reqementor order nd freedom
an orgsaton, ge or sma tere must be a certa claty ad orderess; i thgs fa into dsorder
nothg can be accompsed Yet orderlness as suc isstic nd feless so tere must aso be plen of ebowroom ad sco for breakg toug e esblsedorder to do the tng never done before never cipated by te guards of orderless the new prected nd predctabe outcome of a man's creave
ideaerefore any orgation ha to strve contuofor te orerlness of ode and te dsorderless ofcreaive eedom And e specc danger nerent arge-scle orgsation is that s natural bs and tendency favour order at the expense of creatve frdom
We assocate my futer pai of oppostes ts basic a of order nd freedom Centlsaon ismay n dea of order denralaton, one of freedoThe n of order pally the acountant and generaly the admsrator we e man of creatve fredom is the eneene Order reqres telgence and
is conducive to eency whe frdom cas for dope te door to ituton nd lead to nnovatonThe ger organiton te more obo and nes
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cpble is the need for order B if his eed is lookedter ith sch eciency nd perfectio tht o scoperemis for mn to ercise hs cretive iio fornneial disorder the orgistio becomes mori
d nd desert of fustrtonThese considetions form the bckgrond to nttempt towrds theo of lrgescle orgnsiohch shll no develop the form o ve priciples
The rst principe is clled Th Pnle of Sbda
or h Pne o Sday Fncon. A fmo form
lion of hs prncipe reds s foos: It is n ijsice t the sme te gre evl nd distrbce of rightorder ssign to greter nd higher ssocio whtlesser nd sbordne orgisos cn do For everysocil ctivity oght o is ver tre to fish help othe members of the body socil d never desroy d
bsorb them These sentences ere me for ociety s hoe bt hey ppy eqy o he dere leves with lage orgistio The higher level mst o bsor hectios o the loer oe o the ssmpto ht einghigher it wl tomicly be wiser d full he moreeciety Loyly c grow oly from the smller nits
o the lrger (nd higher) oes not the other y rodd loylty is essetil eleme i the helth of y
orgnistioThe Prncipe of Sbsidy Fcton mplies tht he
brde of proof les lwys o thse ho t to deprve loer level of its fnction nd thereby o its feedom
d resposbiity i h respect they hve o prove thtthe ower leve is icpbe of fllg this fction sisfcory nd ht the hgher eve c cty do mchbetter Those i commnd [to cnie the qotio]shod be sre tht the moe perfectly grdted orderis preed mong he vrios ssocition observig
the pricpe of ssid ncto he stroger wl behe socil hort d eecveess nd the hpper dmore prosperos he condito of he Stte1
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oppoi o rig d dciig ow bd u : Pcip o Sbidi Fioc r wi gi oy d iv rdom d rpoiii o ow
oio cry prd wi ogiio wo w b "pp d mopropo
How c cr b cvd? Fom diro' poi o w .e. rom po o wo od i w oo idy comprg mo
voy w cr-c ogc o mooi. Trg orgiio w oi o my mioomoi wc w my c qrs c o m v rg o o rdom o gv poib cc o civiy d erepreershp
c o ogio c b ymbo
id by m odig g m o oo id c o boo i ow boycy d d m m do o ord i ov boo m y odg rg y d vy boo i o oy driv o erepreera T moo og
iio by cor mig b ymboid y Cmr wi r op d o o d o g d vrg dv rom opd dp o i R rom d erepreerspc x oy op.
o o oo orgiio
civi o y o d p my qi my m poi d ro or mp Briio o Bod o o rg mmci ogio i op od i poi o p qi dr vro or i opc mg ickwork d i co prodc poc dd o
d r. pc rivy coid ogioorm v vovd o i od rpo civii d r o o mo vo r
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pies fag unde e headng of desicon Teoads pmay acy deepmned coageng haseen oganised n seeneen aeas ech of em wh eaus of a quasm Te souce aeady quoed descies
he esus of such a ssaz as foows Teey[he cene] wl moe eey powefuy and eeceyo a hose hngs wc eong o aone ecause ione can do hem dcng wcng ugng esaing as occason eues and necessiy demands"
o cena cono o e meanngfu nd eecie a
econd pincipe has o e appied whch we sha cah Pncpe Vna To ndcae mans: odefend agans epoach o accusaon; o poe o e ueand ad o usify o upod so s pncpe descese we one of he mos mpoan dues of he cenaauoy owads he lowe omaons. Good goen
men is aways goenmen y excepon. Excep foecepona cases e susidiay un mus e defendedagais epoach and uped T means ha he excepon mus e suceny ceay dened so ha e uasm s ae o now wiou dou whehe o no sefomng sasfacoiy.
Adminsaos en as a pue ype namey as men ofodeness ae happy wn hey ae eeng undecono Amed wh compues ey can indeed now doso and can nsis on accouay w egad o anamos nne nme of ems-oupu poducyman dieen cos ems nonopeaona expendue
and so on adg up o po o oss. s s ogcaenough u ea fe is gge an ogic. f a age nme of ceia is aid down fo acconailiy eeysusday un can e ud on one em o anoegoen y eceon ecoms a mocey and no onecan ee e su ow s u sand
is da apon h Pcpe of Vndconwoud pem ony one ceon fo accounay n acommeca oanson nmey poay O cous
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such a creron woud be subject o e qus-m'soseg gener es and poicies ad do by tecenre. Ides cn raely be aned in he rea word, ut
_y ae none he ess mengfu ey ply tat any
depaue from he idea has o be specy ared dusied Uness he numbe of cie for acounabiis kep ve sma deed ceav nd pnuhpcnnot oursh he qusi
We poabiiy must be he na creon it is notalways permssbe o apply i mechncally Some subsd
ary uns may be exceponay we paced oher ecepionly bdly; some may have sece fucons wegrd to he ogasaion a whoe or ohe speciobgons wch have o be fued whout pryegard o poab In such cases he measurement ofproabiy mus be modd advance by wat we
may c ns nd subsisIf a nit enoys speci and nescapble advantages t
mus py an ppopriae n bt i s ope winescapabe dsdvnages it mus be gred speici or ubsy Such sysem cn sucenly eqisehe probiliy cances of he various s so tat pot
becomes mengf idcaion of achevement sn eqaision is neded but not appied he foeuts e fehebedded whe oes my e yg ona bed of nais Tis annot be good fo eie morae operfonce
n codan wih e Pcpe of Vindicaon n
orgason adops probiy a he pra ceonfor accotblypoabiy as modied need beby rens and subsidesgoemen by ecepon ecomespossibe The cene can ten oncenrae s civiies on"drecg wachng urgng esag as occasion equies nd necessy demds wch of couse mus go
on a te me wih egad to l is subsdy nEcepions cn be deed cey. Te cene w have
wo opporunies fo ievenig eceponay Te
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occurs when th cent and t subsdia unit cannotcme to a fee ageement o te rent or subsdy as tcase may b which s to be apied In suc crcumstancesthe cetr has to underta a ful eciency audt of the
unit to obtan an object assessment of t unit's ealpotetial T secod opportunty arses when th unitfais to ear a pot afte alowng fo et or subsdyTe management o te unit is ten in a precaious posto: the centes ecency audit producs ghlyunfaourabe idence te mnagemet may ae to b
cagdThe trd prcipe s h o Idta
Each subsda unt o quas-rm must ae bot a potand loss account and balnce set Fom the pot ofw of oderiess a prot ad loss statement s qutsucint snce from ths one ca now wete o ot
the ut s cotrbutig acally to the orgazto Butfo e trpur, a baace seet is ssential ee f t
s used oy fo tra purposs Why s t ot s cntto a but one balac seet fo the ogasatio as awhole?
Busss opats wth a ceta conomc subsance
d s substac dmishs as sult of losss andgrows as a resut of ot Wat appes to e untspo o losses at d of te ancal ya? Theyow to t totalty of the orgasatos accouts; as fas t uit i cocrd tey smply dsappea teabsence of a baance seet o something t atue of a
balance sheet t unt aways enters the ew ancalyar w a bac Tis cannot b gt
A unts success sould lead to geate fredom adancal scope fo t unt wh faue te orm oflossesshould ead to escto and dsabity Oe wantsto reforc succss and discmnate against alur Te
baanc set dscbes the economc substace as aumeted o disd by current euts s ables a
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coned o oow e ect o opeons on susance.Pos and losses ae cared owad and no wped ou.Teeoe evey quasrm soud ave s seprae al-ance seet, n wc pros c apear as loans to e
centre and losses as loans rom e cenr Ts s a mat-ter o ea psycooca mpoanceI now urn to e fout prncpe wc can be cd
The Principl Mov It s rte and obvotusm tat people act n accodance t te motesAl e same, fo a lae ransaon wt s bureaucra
ces s moe and mpesona controls ts any asractres and reuaons and aove al e relatve ncompeensy tat stems rom very sze motvaon ste centa proe A e op te manaement as noproblem o movaon, but on down te scale teprolem ecomes nceasnly acute. Ts s not e pace
to o nto te detas of ts vast and dcut subjecModern dusta socey typed y larescae oa-satons ves far t ltte tou to t. Manaemensassume tat peope work smy fo money fo e ay-packet a e end of te week. o doub ts s tre up to pot but wen a worker asked wy e worked ony
fou sfs ast week, answes Because I couldn' makeends mee on tee ss aes everybody s sunedand eels ceckmated.
Ineecual conson eact s pce We peac tevues of ard work and resrant we pat uopanpctues o ued consumpon wtout eer work or
estra We compan wen an appeal or reaer eotmee w e unacous reply couldnt cae less"we promotn deams aou auomaon to do awayw manua wok and aou te compue relevn menfom te buden o us te ans.
A recent R ecurer announced a wen mor
ty w e abe o eed anan and suppy te majoy t makes no sense to eep n e poducton seam
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te w have deire t be it." Many have odese t be t, becuse te wk des t iterestthem prvidg them with either challenge r atifactn ad ha n te mert i thei eye tha that t lead
t a pay-packet at e end f the wk. If ur itellectualleade treat w as tng but a ecsa evi s tbe ablihed as far a the ajity i cnceed te urget mimie t right away ady a surprig reactiand the pblem f mtivat becme iluble.
Hwever that may be the heath f a large rgaia
tn depends t an extadia extet its abity t dstce t te Pncipe f Mtvati y rganisatiastctre that i cnceved wut regad t s fudamet tth unlikely t succeed
My fth ad lat pciple i h Pnp o hM Axo. Tp maageet i a large gaiat
inevitably ccupe a ve dcult psit t cierespbity fr evetg that happe r fais thappe thughut the rganiati athugh it fareved fm the actua cee f evet. ca deal wthmay weetablsed fucti by mea f drectivee ad regulati But what but new develpmet
ew ceative ideas? What abut prges the np activty p x?
We cme back t u atg pt: eal hum
pblems se fm the noy f rde ad freedAty mea a ctadictn betwee w law; a cct f authity ppti between laws r priciple
that apea t be fded equaly eaEcelet! Th real le ful f tmie and bigge
tha lgc itut der ping pedictabity cetract ccuntacy strctis t the uerlg bediece dsplnewithut thee g fitful ca hape becaue eveg distates Ad yetwihut
te maamty f disder te happy abad thepp vetg it te uwn d icalculable withut te rsk d e gamble the creative ag
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nao mshg here bueaucac angels fea o ead-ihou hs, e s a ockey ad a dsgace.
The cee ca easy ook ae ode; s o so easyo ook aer feedo ad ceavy The cee hs he
poe o esabsh orde bu no aou o poe evokeshe eave conbuon Ho the cn op aageea he cee wor o poress ad ovaon? Assugha nos ha ough o be doe : ho a he anagee ge done houhou he organsao Ts shee he Pncpe o he Mdde o coes
axo s a levde h hch s asseed o assoon as enuciaed The cete ca enae he h as dscoveedha s o ha s "he gh hg o doSoe yeas ago he os poan o e enucaed by he Naoal Coa Bod as ontto ooupt ha s, o cocenrae coalgeg on ee coa
aces, h a hghe oupu o each Everbody ocose edaey asseed o bu no susngy,very e apned
A hange o s kd eques a o o ok, a o o
ne nking d plnng a evey coley, anynaua obsae ad dcues o be ovece o s
he cee, he Naona Boad s case, o speed hehageove I ca of couse preach he ne doceu ha s e use, evebody agees anyho Peah o e cene aans he eedo and esponsb o he oe oaons, bu ncus he vds ha hey oy ak nd do o do ahng
Aleavey, he cene can ssue nsucos bu begeoe o e acua see o opeaons he ceaaagee l cu he vad cs ha aeptso n he indusry ro Headquaer, saccg heneed o edo o he need or ode and losng heceave pcpao o he peope a he oe oa
one vey peope ho are os cosy ouc thhe acua job ehe e so eh o govee byeoaon no he ough ehod o govee by
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structon mees the requrements of the cas. What srequired s someng n between, a dde o anorde fom above whch s yet not qu an order.
e decded to cocenrae ouput, th NatonaCoal Board ad down certan mmum sandds foopenng up ew coafaes wh the pv that f anAa foud necssary to opn a coaface that odfa shor of hes stadards, a record of te decsonshould b entered o a book specay provded for tepupose and ths rcord shoud conain answers to tqusons:
can ths patcuar coaface not be ad ot n ca way tha the requed mmum sze s atad?Why does ths partcuar bt of coa hav o be orkat aWhat s the approxat proaby of h coac
paed
Ts was a true and eecve wa of appyng th Pcp of the Mdde Aom and t ad an amost macaeec oneraton of ouput reay got gog texcee rsuts for the nds a who Te centr
had fond a way of gog far beod mer exoaonyt wthout ay way dmnshng th freedom adresponsblty of h ower formons.
Aother mdde aom can e found the dvc ofmp ta Normay sascs are coeced for theet of h coector, ho needs-r tks h neds
cera quatatv formaon Impac stastcs have deren purpose namey to ma the suppr of thsastc a responsb person at h ower formaonawae of cean facs whch h mht oterws overoo Ths devce has be successuy used n the coandusy pacuay n the ed of safety
Dscoverng a mdd om s awas a consderabacheveme To peach s easy; so aso s ssng nsucons ut t s dcu ndeed for op management to
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ca hough is craive idas witou paing eeom an sonsibii of e lowe fomaons.
ave exound e icies wic biv o b
eevn o a o of ag-scae oansaion, an ae
ivn a moe o ss iiu nam o ac of hmWa s e of a s? s me an inecuaame? Som eads wi no doub ik so Oesadey a h ons fo wom his chape as n winmi a: "You in ino wods wha hvbe o do fo as. Ecen! Man of us ave
been sggg fo as wih poms sn a-scae ogansaon obms ic ae bcomve moe acu To sugge mo succssfu w ed aho bu up fom ncips Bu fom we do cies m? Te m fom bsevaio and acca nsadng
Te bs fomuaion of e ncss na ofo an acice a I now of coms fom Maosun Go o acica peoe sas and afom hm en snsse ei pnce io rncisand oies; and hn un o e acc o anca uo em o u es pinci ad meods ino
acce so as o sove i oms and achiv fdoman ainess2
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Socialism
Bh threical cnsderaons ad paccal xpnchav ld e h cclusn ha cas s f rlly fr s nn-ecnc valus and h psbi cra f h vcg f h relgn ccs.A cy rled pay b h dlay f enrichsz-
vou, whch celbaes mlns a s cl hrs,can ga nhg caan ha cld n s gad wh
I n spg hrf, ha ay scass
scaled advaced cee wh ar hevswhh hey kw ndves f h rlg f
ccs ar day wndng wheh nanlsans ally bd h pn I caues a l f rbls why bhe wh ? The ic f prva wnrshp by slf de pdc agncen rsls:evyhg wh whl ha sl be wkd fr dvdly ad paeny ad h ps f acal aby
mbnd wh h puu f hhe sca as pdcsay da ay seeg cac andpses a heavy budn aageen
If h pups naasan priay acvfae ecnc gwh hgh ecy bee plnigad s fh he bud be dsap h
dea cduc h e ecy h bas fpvae ed as Ma wl ecd ha hwn aneadna pw as h wd
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bui wv i h up nd
pu n nd fud h id nd h
f n nxu bwn n nd n hn d -
n. . T bu b pid mpvmn f in-
n f pdun b h mmn id mn fmunn dw v m bbn ni
ivn [ Mf]
The strengh of the idea of private enterprse les tstefng smplc It sugges that the totly of lfe
can be reduc to one aspect-prots he busessman a pvae ndvdua may st e nereste oher
aspec of lf pehaps even goodnes truth andeauybut as bsness he conces hmsef onywth pro ths respect he ea of pae nerprse exacty into the ea of he Market whch, n an
ealer chapter I calle "the nstonalsaton of nvduasm and nonespoy Equaly t s perfectlynto te moe rend towars total quantcaton at theexpense of the apprecaon of qualve derenes; forpvate entepse s not concened wth what t prouce
but only wth what t gans fom producton
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ed version of e wod ad ae satsed w it. Adwen te real wod occasioay mes is exseknow ad atempts to foce upon e attenion a dffee oe of ts fcets, oe o poded for n ter
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realy have do; we tr to pesee the beaut of tecountsde we engage n reseach that ay not pay o,"etc. etc Al these ca ae vey faar someeshey ae justed soetmes no
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consde the whoe fness of fe a not eey theoney-ag asct t theefoe acheves o powerfuspcaton of obectves ad possesses no eabe e
ug od of success or faue If ths s so pvate entprse ne sye as oge age ont stock copnes es fo pubic entepise oy n one respect
naey tat t poves n eaed coe o shehoe
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that of pot-akg then tey canot vey e aruethat t becoes possbe to adste e natonseans of producton ecety as soon as codeatoothe th those of potang ae aowed to enter can age wthout the ce yastck of oeyakg so c natonase ndusty.
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entepse cou st ca to possess the poe of scty Its case aganst pubc entepse wou be hat theatter s bo to be ecent pecsey becae
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tempt o purue sever ojetives at the sme te,
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nmely th i dees lfe by t vey impliity y
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ton of mitigting the opposition of these two needs y
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swing of e penduum to the other etreme Yet the
norm nswer is not te ony possile nswer A generous nd mgnnimous inteetul eothe opposte of
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east or a peod o d a midde way that reoies thoposites witot degadig hem oh
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The campaign of the enemes of natonalsaton onsistsf two dstcty sepate moves. The st moe s anattempt to covn the pubc at arge and the peopeegaged n the atonased secto that the ony thng hat
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thi s o lss tl wits w t colco iiz whh th ich wih th hl o higi xs, ol o much ttr th hoor. o to to oohols h t l com
r mor comict a h m o th-or h com ot cosuls coms r lgAs th ts l h somhig h h iig tk w rom thm th o ol tr o xoi ossiilit o lgl t oic ot to mtorcti o igl ax io, th so is isis
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is ot ml qusio o uc squor such thquor o m mt homs, o risos o co-ss ohr icl miti sics isiuto
his is h gti si o th om. Th ositi s
rs wh lrg mous o uc us h ig st o wh is g cl th i-scur h ts go lgl to it rr o chg. h is w kow to o who hsr io i srig o rig trrs i oor oci wh th irsctu s isucit
o or ohr ckig. H cot o chtrsor or uic sics h m h to ri hs ow xs m thgs which h wouot o sml x i soci wih ghlo isctur h co cout o ig lto ci ti o: h hs o tri hm hims
so o h uciol micl sch sti-uios i soci whhr rich o oor sow icl-cul uo t trrist o
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which pvate enepe doe no pay dc a a matter
of coue, but oy indecty by ay of t ch
aeady menioned are reited reented campaigedagant and oten kifuly avoided. It i highy ogca
and ead to ende compicatons d myicaton thatpayment for beet obtaed by pvae entepe fromhe "infratrucure caot be exaced by the publc
auhories by a drect paicipation n pot but onlyaf the privae appropaion of prot h taen place
Pvate entepe clam that s prot are beg eaed
by on eor and hat a ubtantia pa of them hen taxed aay by publc auhortie. Th not a core
reecion of the th-generay peakng The tth that a large pat of the cos of pvate enterpre ha
bee boe by he public authorie-becaue hy payfor he nfratcture-and that the prots of prvae
entepe therefoe greay overtae t achievemehere no pracica ay of reectg the te uaton
ne the contbuton of publc expendiure to the prot
of pvate enterre recogned n the tucure of
ownehp of the mean of producion
I ha herfore now preen wo emp of ho e
ucture of onehip canr couldbe changed o ato m he wo fundametal criicim mad above The
t eampe of a mediumzed m whch acuay
operaig on a reform ba of onerp The econdeample i a peculae pa of ho the tcue ofowep of argecale coud be reformed
T Scot Br Comonwlt
Eet Bader arted the enepe of Scott ader Ld in 10 at the ae of thity Thtyoe year later,
afer may ra d rbuaton durg the wa he had apopeou mediume bue empog 161 oplew a tover of about £600 a yea and net pro
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eeedig £ 0 Hag ared wh tually otg,he ad fay had beoe pospeou H adablished itsef a a eadig poduer of poyeter renad alo aufaed othe sopistiated podu, suh
a ayd, polye, ad plaies s a youg a ehad bee deeply dissated wh hi pospet of e a aeployee he ad reeed e ve ide of a labouet" ad a wage sye," ad paiully hehougt that apita eployed e nstead of eeployg apia idg hself o i the poso o
eploye, e ever fogot that hi ue ad pospeywere he ahevee ot of self aloe but of a hollaborator ad dededly aso of the soey witwhih e wa pveged to opeate To quote s oods
I eased aa yr ago whe I ook he pe
ased o be a emploee! w p agas he pasphilosohy o diidg peope io he maaged o he oe
had ad hose ha a�e o e oher. e ea obsacehowever wa ompy Law i proio o dica-o powe o shaeholde ad he heh o ame ey coro
He deided to itodue evoluioa ages hir, ad o a poopy hih atept to dstryo hua eed
he pobem wa woold : how o ogaise o mb
am ese o freedom happes ad hma digiy
i or wo oss o proabl d 2) o do by wa ad me a ld be geeal accepbe o epvae seor o he idsy
M ader ealied at oe that o iv hageoud be ade wihout wo hig s a tafoatoof oesp-ee potshag, hh he had prased
fro he vey sta, wa ot eough ad eod, the volutay apae of eta selfdeying odnae Toahieve the st, he set up the Sot Bader ooeath
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whch he veste (n wo sp: ney per cn 5 an he emang en pe en in 3) he owneshpof hs Sco Bae Co. To ipemen he secon he agreed wh hs new patners, ha o say he
membes o he Commonweah hs foe empoyees oesablsh uo no only o dene he sbuonof he "bunle of powes whch pvae owehp pesu aso o mpo he oong escions on he seeom of acon
Frs he m shal eman an neakng of mese ha every peon cn ebac n hsmn an magnaon I sh no ow beyon 30peso o heeabous If crcusanc app eman gow beyon hey sha b e byhepg se p new fuly epenen ogs
ong he nes o e Sco Bae CoonweSed emuneraon fo wok wh he ogsan sha no vay beween he owes pa a hehghes pa pecve of age sex fcon o expeence beyond a ange o 1 : 7 foe x
Trd, he membe of he Commonwealh ae pa
ne an no expoyes ey cao be ssse byhe cpners fo any reon oher ha go peonscnuc. hey can o couse eae volunay aany me gng due noce.
urh he Bo o Drors of he Scoae Co td sha be fuy cunbe o he Com
monweah Uder he res a dow he Consuon he Comonweah hs he rgh a u ocon o whdaw he appomen of decos daso o agee o he evel of eneaon
t no moe han foy pe cen o e ne posof Sco Bae Co L sha be appopae y he
Commonweah-a mnmum of sy per cen bgreaed for aaon �n o senance wh SBade o d he Comonweh sha evoe
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on-ha of th ppopat pot to th pymnt ofbonu to tho wong with th optg compyn th oth hf to chtb pupo outi thScott B otio
ly non of th pouct of Scott B CoLt ha b o to cutom who now to uthm fo wt puo
Whn M Ent Ba n h colagu intouceth voutionay chng it was fly pct tht m opatg on this b of colctvi ownhip nf-impo tiction cou not poiby vv nfact it nt fo tngth to tnth tou icut ven c tbc by no mn bnt nth hgly compttiv ttg th whch th opatg, t h btwn 1951 n 9 7 1 nca i
al fom £ 625,000 to £5 mion nt pot hav gowfom £72,000 to nay £300 ya; tota ta hina fom 1 6 1 to 379; bonu mounting to ov£ 1 500 (ov th twnt-ya po) hv b tibt to th t n qul ount ha bonat by Coonwath to chaib puo
outi va al n hav t upyon who wih to o o c clm tht th commcia ucc of Scott Ba o Lt wa pobbly uto "cptona ccumtc h moov convntion pvt ntp m hich hv bee quayuccfu o v mo o. But th i not th pot If
Scott Ba Co t. ha bn a cocal fau ft1 9 5 1 it cou v ony fu ang; it unniabl uc a mau by convntona ta oenot that th Ba yt cay upoby th ta: it mly montat that it i notcompatb with th. t mt pcily n th
ttainnt of objctv ch out th commctana of ma objctiv ich a galyg con pac o altogh nglct b o-
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a commcial pacc o wods h Bad
sys ovcoms h eductoism of h pivaowsp sysm ad uss idusia ogaisaio as asa of ma isad of alowg i o us m siply
s mas o h ch of ows of capial. Touo s Bad
Coon ws o mm a a dvlt fo Po Sg CoPas o COws o an sh wh dvdals od soa nssn a oo s. a on h wa o owng
n o d w all s Coonwn as u dvang
Wl I do o d o go io das of h log
voluio of das ad w sys of maagm adcoopao dug mo a wy yas sc 9 5
i i usf o csais ou of s xpc caiga pcps.
T s s ha asf o owsp fo a psoo a famlyi hs cas Bad famyo a colcvy h Commowa chag h xsal chacof owshp i so fudamal a way ha would b
b t of sch a asf as cg exincio of piva owsp a ha h salshof colciv oshp aoship bw o
pso o a vy smal umb of psos, ad caassmby o physical asss is qu d fom bw a Commowa compisg a lag ub of
psos ad s sm physcal asss o suisigly dasic cag i h qaiy of ows poducs pofoud cag i h qiy of aig of owsp ad s is so paculaly wh as cas ofSco Bad owshp is sd colcv hCommowal ad o dividual owshp ghs of
dvdual Commowalh mbs a sabihd ASco Bad is ly coc o say ha h opag compay co B Ld. s owd by
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Cmwat; but neie gy nor esentau to say ta e omoweat membes ndvduls, esbls any d of onesp n te mmona h, owhp h been replaced by specc
ghts nd responsbtes n te admson of es.Scd, we no one ha qure ay prpy MBadr nd fy av noeess dp tml hr prpy. Tey have vlutay abadn can of becomg noinaey ch Nw o dnt ha t b a beeve n to ety aeve that
may mea t be be t see at e esene o nordney ch peope n ny ocey ody is a ve get me neqaes of e ad incoe ae no oub"nt nd fciony jsbe ad hr a ewpeop wo do sponaneosy eonse ts But heeagn as huma s t s a a o sce.
Exessve e e powe eds o cop Evn c e no ie c, eve w ey ok ad hyoe ese ey ok deey, appy dieent nd
ads d ae se apa fom omon mny eycpt temseves by psg geed and ey coptte es of socet by pvkg ey M Bae dw
te onees es sigs d efsed bcmnoney c d us mde t possbe o bud ecmmun
Td e e Scot de epeet deonstates
wi th os cty th a asfoaon o ownesp
s esse-to eve emas kebeevet aso demonses a e afomao wp meey so to speak ebng ac: a necss b no a scien codon o e aent ofe as Te Cooea accodngy, econsedthat he asks a busness ogasion society e
spy k p d o mme os d t gwd to becoe pwru: e Commowe ecosedfo tass of e impoance
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(A) omi ask: cure oder whh can eesi, de, ad see h a me o ake
() The eca ask: seueprotble ode y keepg em spped ih up-ode
pod desig.(C) The i ask to pode memers o e pay
oppoes for sfio d develope toghe patpo e org comity
e poca ask o eoe ohe e doe o cage se y org em a expe by
eoomay helhy d sy epoble
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u. h wn- f x hmmnlh h gn huh vl ph f n
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gn mn l n nh; f lng
n p n pp n n hv pg pp m T qu M E hf
woud vey c preer o take ay eresed rsoo a or of ur oyveacre acen Mao oseEsate esprsed wh ema pats a aoaoesh aboosy we [a] tice wc od o
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mag of wha has b hang r snc 5 isa has nabld vyon concd wh Sco Badro a and prac many hngs wch go far byond tak of mang a lvng, of arnng a salar of hlpng
busns to ma a rot, of acng n an coomcayratonal mannr "o tht w hl al b btr o.Wth h Sco Badr ogansao ybody has hoportuy of ag hmlf o a hghr lv ofumaty no by urung rvay and dduasally cra· ams of sf-cdnc wc e
ohg to do wth th am of th m h s abl odo ay stng vn th mo dgraddbut by as w fr nd chrfly gang n w t ams of heorganaon tsl Ths ha o b larnd and t g proc a tm Mos bu not al of th popwo jod Sco Badr ha spodd ad a rpod
ng to h oppotuntyFnaly t can b sad ha t aangn by whc
onhal of th appotd o must b dod toarabl uo oud h organsaton has o onlyhd to futh many us whch catas ocynd to glct wo wt th young h od t
adcappd and h foottn pop ha aso sdo gv Commowalh mmbs a socal conscoussad awns aly found n ay busss oganaon of covntoal nd In hs conncon also wohmonng ht rovon h bn mad o nsur as ar
possb ha th ommonwalh should not bcom
ogansaton n whc ndvdua lhn s tranformdnto goup ssn Boad of Tust has bn up somwha n h ton f constttonal monacn whch prsonlt fom outd th Sco Badr orgaaon ay a dcs rol Th Tt a tuss of
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between the democratic d the fnctional organs of eorgasation.
A mentoned t the ging of ths acount, MEest Bader set out to make "revolutona ches hs
but t d h b w d me th u b
ee ccetbe he e e du" Hsrevolution has been bloodless; no one has cme to gef,not even Mr Bader or hs famy with plenty of stesa around them the Scot Bade people c prouyclm: We have no stkes nd whe no one nsde s
unaware of te gap that still exsts between the ams of theCommonwealh and its uent achevements, no outsdeobseve could airly disaree when est Bade clahat
te expeence gained ung my years of e tabs he Csian way of life n busness ha been e
enoua�een; i bough gd esuls n o ela-ons w one er, as wel he qly d quyof ou pucio
Nw we to pess n and cnsuae wha we avo far ache aking a conee conibun owa
bee sey in he i of G and u felwen.
Ad yet, although Mr Bader's quet revoluton be geneally acepable to the pivate seto of dusy, t has, n fact not een acceped There e thousan of people even n the business wold, who loo atthe trend of cuent rs and ask o a new disensa
ton. But Scott Bade-and a few oheseman as smalslnds of saniy n a large soety led by geed ndeny. It sms to e tue tat, whatever edene of newway of dng thngs may be povided old dogs canotea new trks It is aso te howeve that newdogs grow up al the time and tey wll be well advised
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Nw Mh al
Thee appea to be tee majo coces fo a society
whch economic aas necessaily absob mao attenton-te coce bteen pivate onersip of te mean of
poduction and ateatiely, vaous types of pubc ocoectsed ownesip; the coce beteen a maketeconomy and aious aangement of "pannng and
te coce between feeom and totataransm.Needless to say, t egad to each of these thee pais
of oppostes thee l aa n eay some degee of
mtuebecause they ae to some extent complementaies ater than oppostesbut te mtue wl show apeponderance on te one de o on te ote
Now it can be obseed that those ith a stong bias faou of pvate owneshp almost naiaby tend to
ague tat nonpate ownesp ineitably and necessaiyentas plannng and toataanism wile feedom
s untnkabe except on te basis of piate onerspand te maket economy Smilaly tose n favou of
aous foms of coectiised oneship tend to aue
altoug not so dogmatcaly tat ts necessaiydemands cental plannng fedom tey cam can onlybe achieved by socased owneshp and annng wete aleged feedom o pvate onesp and te maketeconomy is nothng oe tan feedom to dne at te
Rtz and to sleep unde te bidges of te Thames I
othe wods evebody caims to aceve feedom by s
own sytem nd accuses evry othe system asnevtaby etaing tyanny totaasm o anacyeadng to bot
The aguents along tese nes geneay geneate
moe eat tan gt as happens a aguments wc
deie ealty o a coceptual famewok instead of
deing a conceptua frameok fom reality Wentee ae tee mao atenaties tee ae 3 o
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possible ombinatons It s always reasonabe o epetat eal le mplements a possibitis-a one time oor or een simuaneosly n dieent plaes. Teeigt possibe ases as regads te ee oies ae
menoned, e as oows (I range em unde teaspet o eedom vus otaitaiism, beause t ise aor onsideaion rom te etapysia pot oew aen in ts book)
1 Freedom 5 ToaiaasmMarket Eonomy Market Eonomy
Prae Ownersip Prvate Ownersi Freedom 6 Toaitaias
P ing PningPate Ownersip Priae Ownes
reedo 7 ToaiaiasmMarke Eonomy Mae Eonomy
Colletsed Ownersp Coetsed Owners4 Feedom Totitaism
Plaing PlangCoised nersip oetised Ownei
It s absud o asse ta te only "possible ases are
1 and 8 ese e merely te ms as ro epoint o ew o oneptrdden propagandists Realiya God is more maginate but I sal leae t o reades digene o identiy atual or isoral eampesor ea o te eg ases dated aboe, and I soulreommend to te ears o poia siene tat tey
sggest ts eerse o eir stdentsMy immediae puose, ee and now s to speae
on e possbliy o desg an ownesp syste orlagesale enterpse i woud aiee a y meeonomy o t s "mixtue rater an puy wis ost ey to sut te maod exigenes o e e
we ae o sta rom te atl siuation in te d�traised par o te wold, ae tan saing rozero as a opions were s open.
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I ave aeady argue ha pvae eneprse n a-a avance socey eves vey age benesfrom e nsubot vsbe an nvsewisu a soie as bui up oug pub expenue.
Bu e pub an, alough eays a conseabep o e cos o pvae enerpise s no eclyparpae n s pros; a ese pos ae iay pvaey appropae an e pub an en as !o o ovr s on nania requemen by eang apa o ee prots rom pvae pokes e oe
binessan neve es o ang an opaning ao a age eten e "ors o e sae a e saes is parne nasu as po aes absor a sbsana pa o a e eeves o be reay ue o aoneo o s sareoes Ts sugges a e pubc sae pvae posn oer os e compy pros
aesg ju as e be onvee no a pubc saeo e eq o pvate busnessi any ase as ar asagesae enerprises are onee.
Fo e oong eposon I posuae a e pubcan sou eeve onea o e isbu pros oargese prvae enerprse an a sou oan
is sare no by means o pro aes by by means o a r cen ownesp o e equy o u enepses
To egn te n size o enerprses obe nu n e se us e ne. Sne eve
busness oses ts prate an persna araer beos n at a u enepse oe e ubeo ts epoyees ses aoe a tain m nsz probaby bes e n rs o pesons poye In spea ases t ay be neesy o ee sze ters o aa epoe or unover
2 A entes atanng s mnum sizeeeeng aeayus be oso opnes.
3. I ou esabe o aorm sar o
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thee compnie nopar hre er he erpae.
4 e nuber o hare ued, ncudg preerencehe d any oher pece o paper wch repreen
qui hould be doubled by he ue o eqvennuer o new hre hee new hare o be hed b"he pubc hd o ha or eery prvaey hed odhare one new he wh denca rh w be hed
pucy
Under a chee along hee e no qeon of comenaon would are becae ere wod e no expropraon e ic ene o he word b oy a converon of he pbc hd' i o le pro eso a dec parcpaon e econoc ae ro eue o wch axae pro ae oaned s coneron
woud an expc reconon o e undoued actha a major roe he caon o prvae econocweah any cae payed y he puic hand a ay y nonapa ocal orce and a e ecreaed y he publc conruo hod be reco�ed
puc and no pae popey
Te queon a woud edaey ae a bevded o hree oup Fr wha pecey ean bhe puc d? We ae e ney ed hare be paced ad o o e he epreenae o hepubc and cone? Scond a oownep od poeon o hee new hare carry?
d rd qeon rea o he ranon ro hee ye o he new o he eaen o eaona d oher coe o he ra o new capad o oh
reard e r e o qeo ho propoha he newy creaed hae epreen y per cen
o e eqy oud e hed y a oca ody he dc hee he eepe e s caed he ppoe woud o axe h he deree o decn-
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talisaion of u atato an h igraton ofbusnss ntss wt h soa orgais wih whithy oat an fo wh hy dv iuablbts Thus th alfshar t quty of a usiss
opratg wthin Disrt X soul b ld by a loal boygay rpsnav of th ouato of Dstrt X.Howv nihr th oay l (politia) rsoat or th loal vil svans a ssay t ossuitabl opl to b ntustd ith th ris of trht soa w t nw sars Bfor a o
hr ito th quson of sol w to ts ghs a ll o loy hfo turn to th sond st of qustons In
pil t rghts assoat wh orshp an alwaysb dvd io two rousaaga gts adpuay rghs
I a ovnd at oral rustas othgwo b gan a a ra al lost f a b had to trf wh o sr t fro of atond t fulnss of rsosiity of is busnssanagnts Th rvat aag of t ntrrssshould trfor rai fuly arg wh t ana
rial rghts of h pub halfsha shold rai or uss a un sa iusans as Ta iso ay ubilyld shars woud oally ary noot rigs but ony t rgt to ioraton ad obsrvaon T ubli woul b ntit to pla anobsvr svralo h Boar of Ditors of a
rpris but th obsvr woud ot orally av ayows of dsion Only t obsvr ft tat tpubli irs a inr w th atvtsof xst anagnt oud h ay to a spialur to av th oat votg rhts atvatd Aprima aie as i favour of nrfrn woul av o
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th the ne publone euty hae oul nomally ema a mere polty te agrou anoul eome a ealty oy a a eult of ean pefomal a pul tep ag bn taen y the pla nd ee hen exeptonal ae thee tephae een taen and te otg rgt of te puy-oe ae hae een atated the e tutonou pert only or a ho tme o that thee houle no doubt a to hat a o e ondeed a noal oan aoma don of funto.
It ofte tougt tat the pu teet" an be eguade te ondut of pate une y delegatgtop o medumgade eant to maagemet Thelef often a m pnk popoal for atonalaton, em to me to e oth ae ad mpratl t not by ddng te epolte of maagemet bt y
eurg pub aotaty nd trapaey tat une eterpre l e mot eetey ndued to paymore regd to te pu nteet t tey do atpreet Te phere of pu admtaton on the oneand and of bune entee on te oter ae poleapaften een th egard to te remuneraton an
eurty oeedad oy har an ret from tng tomx eme te manageal gt of oerp e y the
publ han" ould teefoe omaly eman domanthe peua ght houl be eete from the tar nal te tmebouly o e tey take te pa of te
pot taxe that oud otee be leed on the ente-pe Onehalf of al dtbuted pot oul automataly go to the pul d h hod te ne hare.Te pulyoed e oee oud be n prnple aenae (ut te gt to ley pot taxeanot be old a f t ere a aptal aet). Tey o
not e rned to a hete tey ould e e olateal fo pul borong may e left fo lateonderaton
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Havig hus ey skeched he ghs and duies asscaed wt h new shaes, we can now eu to equeso of personel he eneal a of he schee s egae argscale buess enepses as closely
possle wh he soca suoundgs d s a usoe also o soluon of he personel queson. eexercse of he pecuay and maageral righ and duesasg fo ndusal ownershp should ceanly e eptou of pary pocal cooversy A he sae e should not fal o cl van who have ee pod
for que deen puposes I sugg herefoe ha shoud elong o a specal ody of ces whch for hepurpose of hs exposon shall cal he "Soca CouncThs ody should be foed localy along oady edes whou pocal elecoeeng ad whou heasssance of y govemea auhoy as foows: one
quaer of counc emes o e omnaed y he localade unons; oe-quare y he ocal eployes' orasaons onequae y local professoa assocaonsand onequae o e dawn fro loca esdens n aane sa o tha empoyed fo he selecon ofpersos fo juy sec Memers woud e apponed fo
say ve yeas w onefh of he eesh eeach yeaThe Socal Couc woud hae legaly dened u
hewse unresrced rghs ad powes of acon would of couse e pulcy espole and olged ush epos of s poceedgs a deoca
safeuad t gh e codeed desr gve heexsn Local Auhoy can esee powes vs he Socal ouc sar o hose whch he laehas v--v he anagees of ddual enerprsesTha is o say he ocal Auhoy woud e enedto send s osee o he Socal Counc of s dsc
and he eve of seo coc o dssasfacon oappy o an appopae cou fo epoay powes ofevenon Hee agan soud eman pefecy cea
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a suc neeons woud be he excepo raer hne rue ad a in al normal crcumsances he SocaCouci would possess ful freedom of acon
e Social Coucls woud have fu corol over he
reveues owg o hem as dividends o he publicly-held sares. General gg pncples w regd o eexpendure of hese funs mg have o be lad down bylegislaio; bu ey should insis o a g degree o localnepedence and responsibil Te immedae objeciona he ocia Coucils could scacely be reed upon o
dispose of heir funds n he bes possble way provoeshe obvious reply a neher could here by any guaranee of s f e unds were conroled by Loca Auhories or as geealy a prese by Cenra Govee e conrary ould seem safe o assume ha locaSocal Coucis beg ruy represenave of the loca
communiy would be f moe concered o devoeresources o val soal nees han could be expecedrom local or ceral cv seans
o un now o our hird se o quesons Te rans-o from e presen sysem o e one here popedould presen no serous dcues A menoned
ready no quesons of compensaio ase becae hehafshare equy s beng urchased" by he abol-ton of compay pro axes a all compane above aceran size are reaed e same The sze deion canbe se so ha nially oly a smal number o ve argerms s aeced so ha e ransion becomes boh
gradual ad expermea I large enerses uder hesceme wou py as vidends o te publc hand" a bmore an ey woul ave pa as pro axes ouside hesceme is would ac a socially desrabe nnve oavo excessve sze
I s woh emhasisg ha e converson of pro a
no equy sare sgnicanly aers he psychologicalclimae wih whch busness deisos e aen I proaxes e a e evel of (say) y per cen he busness
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mn is wys mpd g h h Exhqr wlpy h' f l mginl pds whh d pssby hv bn vidd. Th vd f sh xpnd wold pros b hlf h pros wd
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h xpndrNs qsns wld nlly ris niowh omps whh op mny drn dss,nd ninl mpnis B h b noss dilis s long s w ppls mygspd h p is onvd n qiy sh,
nd h h volvmn of h pbl hnd sh lh s h ly whr h py mplysy wk, v, rvl, nd m f pbl sisof kds No dob, i mpd ss f lkg py srs h w b isg wk foonns d lwyrs b hr shld b n
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d o f. Thy l pfcly soub i ccordcw h pcpl dy std cs of wdgup whh i bnkruptcy or o qydings f th pbc nd wd, f cur rci
xcly th s ratn s ths i rit dTh b roos y b tk ong or n xrcs t of cnstuto-g Suc ch wud b pfctly fb; t would rsrucurlrgscl idusrl wrsh withut routo xrto clistn o th ubttn of burucrc
ondrusns for pr xby. coud b roducd in xil nd oluiry rbysrtg wth th bggt trprss d grdully wrkngdow h scl nt w ft h h ublic trsd b gi suc wigh cidl of busirrs A h indcon rc
ur of lrg-sc dusril r n sp o ion d dss polifo f lglto s coduci pubc wf
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log
e excitement over te unfoldng of hs scentc andtecca powers, mode ma but a sysem oproduction tat ravises naure nd a ype o socey tatmutates m. oy tere were more and more weateveytg else t is thout woud a no pace
Money s considered to be a-powerfu; f could notcuy buy nomatera vaues suc as justce armoy beauy or even eal t coud crcumvet te needfor tem or ompeate for ter oss Te developmetof producon ad te acquston of weat ave thu
become e gest goals of te mode word n reaton
to wc a oer goas o mater how muc ip-cemay st be pad to em ave come to take secod paceTe gest goals reure no ucaton secodarygoals ave nay to usty temselves n terms o teservce te attament renders to te attanment o egest.
Ts s te posopy of materasm and t s sposopy metapyscwch s ow beg caleged by evets ere as never b a te n aysiety any part of te word without ts sages adteacers to calene mateiasm and plead or a dierent order of proites Te lauages ave dered te
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added to yo. Tey sa be added we ae told ereon ea wee e eed tem, ot simpy n a afterlfeeyod or maao Today, owever, ts messaereaces s ot solely from te saes d sas b fom
the actal cose of physca evets. t speak to s n teaae of erosm eocide reakdown polltioneasto. We lve, seems, a e peod ofconeece It s beco appae ta thee s otonly a pomse bt also a theat those toswords abot te kdo o Gode teat at ness
yo sek rst he kidom tese ote ts, c yoalso need wl ase to e available o o As a ecentwrter pt t, wot eferece to eonomcs and pott oteess h dec eferece to the ondton ote mode wod:
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We s back fom te t i we eieve tat tedesttve foces of e moden wod can e rotnder cotol spy by mobsi moe resocesDfweah edcaio ad reseachto t polton topesee wife, to dscove new soces o enery and
to arve a more eective aeements on peaefl coestence Needless o say et, edcation rese dmay oer his ae eeded for any visato wat s most needed today is a reison o the ends whctese meas ae mea o seve Ad ths mpies bovel else, te developmet of a lfesye wi ccods o
mtea is teir poper etimate pe wc seond d not piar
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Te "logc of podcton is neihe e logc of lie nor
tat of sociey. It is a sma d sbsevient pat of botThe descive foces neashd by it canot be ogt
nde cotol, uess te logc of podcion itself isbogt nde contol-so a destcve foces ceae tobe neased It is of lile se g to sppess eosmf he podcion of deadly deces conines to bedeemed a legtmate employmen of man's ceative powes No can the gt agans pollo be sccessfl f
te pattes of podctio ad consmption conte to
be of a scale a complexiy d a deee of violecewic as is becomng oe and moe appaen do not to he las of e vese to wc man s jst mcsbject as te est of ceaion Ealy e cance of
miigating te ae of esoce depleio o of bnggmony io te eationsps betwee tose in possessio
of wealh d powe and tose io is nonxstent aslong as tee is o idea anyee of enog beng goodd moeanenog beng evi.
It is a opefl sg a some aaeness of tese deepesses adally- exceedgy caioslyndig
expession even in some ocial and semiocal tte
ces. A epot ten by a comee at te eqest ofte Secea of ae fo he Envoe alks abotbyn te dg wc tecologicaly developed societies ave an oppoti o evise he vaes and tocange te poliical objecives.2 I s a mae of moa
coces says te epot; no amot of caclaon ca
alone povide he ases e fndamena qestionig of conventiona vales by yong people all ove tewold s a sympom of e iespead nease t wco idstal cilisaion s inceasngy egaded3 Potion mst be bogt de cool and maindspoplaio and consmpo of esoces ms be steee
toads a penent and saabe eqbm Uessts is done soone o lae-and soe believe at ee
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is te tme ef-the dowf of cson w ot be a
mer of scece cto. w be he experee of oudre d grdchdre"4
Bu ow s t to be doe? Wt re te moral
oes Is t jst er s he repo so sugess, ofdecdg ow m we re wg o y or cesuroudgs Mkd hs ed a er freedom
of oe: t s o bod by treds by the og of
rodco or by y oher frgmetay ogc Bu sbod by r Oy he sere of tru s perfect
freedom d ee tose wo today s us o free ormagto from bodge to he esg system5 f o
ot te wy to te reogto of tr
It s rdy ey weteetuy m s aed
upo to dscover ut th as eer be dcoerebefore I te Cs rato as a gee rd
tos of md te r s bee sed regoss a guage wc hs become weg comre
esbe to he mory of mode me Te aguage
a be resed ad tere are oemporay wrers wo
ae doe so whe eg he t oate Out of e
woe st trado here s eras o body of
teg wc s more reet d aprorae to temoder redcme e meousy sube ad
reas dotres of e For Crdl Vnjs oo ad n
e meg f nt sgaty aed te
moer of al oer g ot coeyed by he word rdee, s r
ey sed sges he oppose of a sma me a
atg tde o fe, wch efes o see d ae
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adage
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on is. The pe-einene of pudence mea ha ld"goo nenion oae eanng well by no ea
uce Reaaio of he oo peuose tha o ao
are apoiae to eal siuaion, ha i to he conete
eaite hh fo he eioent of a conte huan
ton; a e heeoe ke ti cete ityeoul wth leaee objecivi6
is clea-eyed objectvty, howeve cannot be achevedand pdence cannot be pefected except by an attitude ofsent conemplaion of eay dg wch the eo
centc teess of m ae at leas tempoay senced.Oy o e is of hs anmous nd of prudencan we aheve ustice fode and tmpatia wicmens owg wen eno s enoug Pudence mpies tsfomaton of he knowede of tth nto decisonsoespondng to eay.7 Wha theefoe coud be of
ate poace today than he stdy and cultvation ofpden wc wold amost inevtably lead o a eadestadg of the tee ohe cial vtues al ofch e ndspensabe fo the sva of cvsatn?8
Justce elaes to foude to gooness d tmperatia o beauy we pdence a sene compise
ee Te type of easm wich behaves as thegood the tue and e beafl wee too vage andsbective to be adopted as the hhes aim of socal ondiidual lf o wee the atomatic spno of the sccessfl pusuit of wea powe has been apt caedackpotesm Eveywee peope as: at can
atually o?' e swe is as sple as i is dsconc w cn eac of s wo to pt o own nehose n ode he dance we eed fo ths wo nnot be found n scence o ecooy the vale of whchtly depend on e end tey see but t can sl befond e dona wsdom of mand
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6 Econo of Peanenc y J C. Kumara (Sa-Sev Sanh Pulcation, Rajha Ki 4 edn, 198)
7 Te uen oce y John Kene Garait(Penguin Bk Ld 1962)
8 Ploopy of ndan Econoc Deelope
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