Addresses: |
Prosperity 268 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4JR: Tel: 0141 332 2214, Fax: 0141 353 6900, [email protected] |
Economic Reform COMER Publications, 245 Carlaw Avenue, Suite 107 Toronto, ON M4M 2S6 |
Land and Liberty 427 London Fruit and Wool Exchange, Brushfield Street, London E1 6EL |
Monetary Reform RR2, Shanty Bay, Ontario, Canada L0L 2L0 |
Freedom, Freedom Press, 84b Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX |
Reommended reading on the Net: |
A BRIEF HISTORY OF INTEREST |
This essay was originally created for the Swiss Money Museum Web site |
(www.moneymuseum.org ) in mid 1999 by Stephen Zarlenga |
copyright 2000, AMI |
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'An Abbreviated Monetary History of the US: Part 1' by Stephen Zarlenga on |
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Monetary reform on the web: |
Social Credit on: |
British Association for Monetary Reform on:
www.monetaryreform.org |
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Ordering details for the The Money Masters video, and other matters, on: |
Land Tax:: |
Call for Papers for a Conference: |
Exploring the Market Analogy |
To be held in central England in the summer of 2002 |
In an industrial economy the idea of the �market� as a mechanism for the distribution of goods was never more than an analogy. The benefits of the market are assumed on the basis of a system that was never real. So what are markets really like, and how closely does the system of distribution of goods within a developed capitalist economy resemble one? Can the requirements of a market ever be found for the distribution of complex goods and services? If the market is bound to fail in some areas, what alternative systems of distribution can we propose? |
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Part I. Market Failures: Anatomy of the Existing Market System |
Adam Smith's local market vs. the global market |
Branding and market power |
Complex technology and barriers to entry |
Mergers and competition policy: how is competitiveness ensured? |
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Part II. How Far Can the Market Analogy Stretch? |
Privatisation of public monopolies |
Privatising health care |
GATS and the international market for services |
PFI |
Can there be a market for people that is not slavery? The modern labour market. |
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Part III. Alternatives to Markets |
Consumers cooperatives |
Lessons from the dark ages of capitalism |
The development of the market system in Central and Eastern Europe |
Stone Age Economics: insights from primitive societies |
Locally based methods of exchange. |
Speakers who have already confirmed that they will be coming to the conference include: Richard Douthwaite from FEASTA and author of The |
Growth Illusion and Short Circuit, Helena Norberg-Hodge of the International Society for Ecology and Culture, Rosamund Stock from the LSE, a representative from the New Economics Foundation, and Molly Scott Cato, economics speaker for the Green Party. |
The conference will take place over a weekend in the summer. We will stay together and find plenty of time and space to discuss ideas informally. |
We would welcome further papers on the themes listed above or related subjects. Participants are requested to provide a written version of their paper for a book that will be used to spread these ideas. |
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Responses to: Molly Scott Cato, at Green Audit, Castle Cottage, Seaview Place, Aberystwyth, SY23 1PU phone 01970 639316 or e-mail [email protected] |
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