Here are three background reading assignments:
A: History of the light bulb (Arizona State University INVSEE)
B: Rapidly Urbanizing Populations Face Unique Challenges (WorldWatch Institute)
C: Network of Tinkerers - 2007 US Bureau of Labor Statistics
The movement of used goods from "haves" to "have nots" is a story of opportunity. Sales of working product (USA producing new cars and selling them to Europe) is an exchange from "haves" to "have nots". Donations of rice to children is an exchange. Purchase of coffee from a country that has coffee, for consumption in a country that does not have coffee, is an exchange between haves and have nots.
A: History of the light bulb (Arizona State University INVSEE)
B: Rapidly Urbanizing Populations Face Unique Challenges (WorldWatch Institute)
C: Network of Tinkerers - 2007 US Bureau of Labor Statistics
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by PB Meyer - 2007 - Cited by 5 - Related articles Nov 5, 2007 – Network of Tinkerers: A Model of Open-Source Technology Innovation. Peter B. Meyer, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Working Paper 413 ... | |
When you fail to understand that "waste" is relative, and you apply the precautions over past waste in present contexts, you would take the used printing press from Benjamin Franklin, you'd take the used RCA victrolas from from Japan Victrola Corporation.
The movement of used goods from "haves" to "have nots" is a story of opportunity. Sales of working product (USA producing new cars and selling them to Europe) is an exchange from "haves" to "have nots". Donations of rice to children is an exchange. Purchase of coffee from a country that has coffee, for consumption in a country that does not have coffee, is an exchange between haves and have nots.
When you study the history of development, and the history of tinkering, and the history of new products, from light bulbs to flush toilets, you prepare yourself to do a better job trading in commerce. Or you can tell yourself that prohibition, boycotts, and bans on commerce are the answer... if you ignore the history of prohibition, bans, and boycotts.
