What Game Are We Playing?
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 Posted in Social Invention, Surplus Value, Crisis | No Comments »"I owe you my life," says the person snatched from the sea to his rescuer. "Forget it," answers the coast guard sailor. "All in a day's work." There is a giving, a rendering of a service, without consideration. More generally, a gift ...
The Socio-Economic Surplus. Calling Attention to the Shaggy Elephant
Saturday, September 13th, 2008 Posted in Asymmetrical Relationship, Money, Surplus Value | No Comments »The socio-economic surplus is all the goods and services we produce over our basic needs. It has a hefty feel, a weight like the large bull elephant everyone ignores at a garden party. A huge animal hidden in ...
The Money Game
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Posted in Asymmetrical Relationship, Culture, Money, Surplus Value | No Comments »Money exchanges have the same socio-cultural shell as any other game. Rules govern the action. When we find a certain result like the accumulation of a surplus, we track back to the covering frame of law, consensus, and agency. And ...
A Glance into the Mysterious Surplus.
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 Posted in Money, Surplus Value | No Comments »It is possible to starve to death. There is a certain level of goods and services we need to continue, that we need to avoid this dire threat. Anything below this line is necessity, anything above is ...
Surplus Money. A Note
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Money, Surplus Value | No Comments »We all encounter money directly. It takes the form of a flow away from us and towards us. We buy what we need and what gives us pleasure and we sell our skill and energy as workers (our services) and ...