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Principles of a Permaculture Economy

Book by Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr · 12 quotes · Permaculture Economy, Permaculture Economics, Economics

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“Capitalism emphasizes the utility of capital. Permaculture Economics emphasizes the stewardship of Capital.”

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“Profits are the result of productivity. Productivity is defined as ‘the effectiveness of effort as measured in terms of the rate of output per unit of input.’ Profit exists within this margin. Therefore, any desire to increase profits must include reasonable actions to improve productivity.”

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“When we apply the design principles of permaculture to economics, we end up with an economic ecosystem where every participant adds to and benefits from maximized productivity.”

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“Permaculture Economics is about designing an economic ecosystem of maximized productivity.”

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“A permaculture economy is superior to a circular economy.”

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“A permaculture economy is one whereby people are inclusively participating in productivity and equitably sharing in profits.”

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“Business is inherently altruistic — to profit, a business must add value to peoples lives and It must solve peoples problems. It does this while creating income and wealth for employees and owners. This is what I call a ‘Multiplicative Value Effect.”

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“Capitalism is great at facilitating the maximization of production — regarding efficiency only as it effects the profit of the producer and the profit of the buyer in any given transaction. But permaculture economics is great at facilitating the maximization of productivity — regarding efficiency more holistically and measuring according to multiplicative value effects.”

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“An economic ecosystem that disrespects natural ecosystems will be disrespected by natural ecosystems.”

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“Pure capitalism is great at rewarding the creative utilization of capital by one group of people in service to another according to present gross utility and refined use cases. But pure capitalism does not address the intentional placement of boundaries or the intentional facilitation of productive interactions accounting for net utility and holistic use cases. This is why pure capitalism at times is threatened by or presents threats to a variety of social and ecological ecosystems. And this is why permaculture economics is superior to pure capitalism, as it contains all of the benefits of capitalism plus some benefits that capitalism does not provide .”

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“Anytime there is a disassociation between the producer of value and the consumer of value - there will be waste, a lack of economic empathy, and a lack of productivity.”

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“Permaculture Economics includes Capitalism but it’s bigger than Capitalism.”

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