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In this paper it is argued that systems analysis can provide a means of bringing economic and cultural systems together in a unified framework. It is then proposed that a link between economics and culture be established through the concept of "culturally sustainable development", definable in terms of a set of criteria relating to advancement of material and non-material wellbeing, inter- and intra-generational equity, and recognition of interdependence. The paper suggests that conceptualizing the interaction between the cultural and economic systems in these terms might provide a workable model for policy analysis.
The writer presents why, according to him, agriculture was not a good idea, and humanity threaded quantity for quality
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huge portal site, across disciplines; "...other terms are sometimes used in place of place, such as home, dwelling, milieu, territory, and of course, space. None of these, though, are necessarily equivalent to the notion of place."
CLAWS: Creating Livable Alternatives to Wage Slavery. Since I am retired and a webmistress for a media site, ejumpcut.org, I love the idea of this site for personal reasons. But most people do have to work, so this maintains an utopian sensibility for al