Economic Recovery - SATISH KUMAR

here are some wise words. they are not mine.

------  THERE ARE TWO roads to economic recovery. The first is the conventional road; to bail-out the banks and fuel consumerism, put more money in mortgages and hope to get back to business as usual. But the second, more genuine option is to think holistically and invest in land and agriculture, in renewable energy and practical skills. The Earth is our true bank. We are at a crossroads – which path are we going to choose? The answer should be obvious.

Economics of place is the key to a steady state economy of which Herman Daley writes so eloquently in this issue. The economy of place is also the solution to the planet crunch of which Andrew Simms is warning us in no uncertain terms. The economics of place will also prevent the nuclear nightmare about which Mark Dowie is so rightly concerned.

Let us celebrate our place and build and economics place.

SATISH KUMAR