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PSBaker's avatar

Excellent introduction - thank you!

Really looking forward to the rest of the series.

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Sue Billington's avatar

This is really helpful. I read an article shared by Dr Ki Yates this morning; although really interesting as a non-scientist and -mathematician I struggled with certain explanations. This piece has clarified a number of points, thank you.

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Bob Hawkins's avatar

Thanks. It's always difficult to get the right balance between including too much technical detail and 'talking down' to people. Hopefully you let me know if I get the balance wrong.

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Monnina's avatar

This is really interesting. Although I might disagree that economic growth is best served by a feedback loop. That is a purely personal opinion based in the fact that as it stands in the UK, my grandchildren will never be able to afford to own their own home due to a housing boom feedback loop put in place since the 1970s. However, I can see how co operative systemic modeling like this must be of great benefit in many areas dealing with day to day collective governance. Thanks.

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PSBaker's avatar

Economic growth is very much subject to a feedback loop - this is a major bone of contention now between economists of the 'cornucopian' school who believe growth can continue indefinitely, and environmentalists who assert that growth cannot be indefinite on a finite planet.

The environmentalist are correct of course- resource (stock) exhaustion and pollution (CO2 etc) are now being widely felt, hence the political turmoil we see everywhere.

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Bob Hawkins's avatar

For those interested more on economic growth I would recommend Doughnut Economics by the wonderful Kate Raworth.

One the seven ways she recommends to think like a 21st century economist is Systems Thinking. You can find out more at the following link:

https://doughnuteconomics.org/about-doughnut-economics

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