. . . and on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, no less.
Commodities and basic resources (like water and good arable land) are in increasingly short supply worldwide, notes the Journal. And while we’ve managed to avoid the wholesale disasters Malthusians have regularly warned against in the two centuries since Thomas Malthus [...]
Posts Tagged ‘innovation’
- Malthus: he’s back!
Posted in economics, national security, tagged climate change, innovation, Joseph Stiglitz, Malthus, population on March 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
the economics of repair versus replacement
Posted in economics, tagged economics, innovation, maintenance, new yorker, repair, technology on February 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As befits advocates of ’slow’ living, here at EarthQuaker we’re just now working our way through last year’s New Yorker magazines.
Back in May, Steven Shapin reviewed books about technology and innovation. One interesting point he discusses is the connection between technology and maintenance.
The importance of maintenance becomes even clearer if we take a global [...]
