Stories tagged with "TODcampfire"

Radical Retrenchment - A Reference Model

Posted by Nate Hagens on January 3, 2009 - 3:39pm in The Oil Drum: Campfire
Topic: Demand/Consumption
Tags: campfire, davebygolly, original, radical retrenchment, todcampfire [list all tags]

Below the fold is a guest essay by longtime TOD commenter DavebyGolly on how our society/population might possibly 'retrench' given the current limitations we are faced with. It is a bit longer than we expect for the Campfire slot, but Dave has good ideas, by Golly. Please submit your own essays (or ideas for same) for TOD:Campfire to TODCampfire@gmail.com or campfire@theoildrum.com. Guidelines for submissions and content are here.
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A World Without Money?

Posted by Nate Hagens on December 31, 2008 - 7:04pm in The Oil Drum: Campfire
Topic: Miscellaneous
Tags: barter, campfire, fiat money, import substitution, money system, original, thought experiment, todcampfire [list all tags]

Our Wed night/Saturday TOD:Campfire series continues. In addition to having 'practical' essays on topics our community has expertise in, the intent is also for these slots to be a home for unprovable, perhaps untestable ideas, from which (perhaps) testable and worthwhile ideas emerge. Since it is New Years Eve, meaning tomorrow marks a new mini-beginning, (and the fact that traffic will be low...;-), below the fold is a short thought experiment. Imagine what the world would look like if tomorrow morning we woke up, and all money in the world had disappeared.....



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