Modern democracy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaG9d_4zij8

Rep. Brad Sherman says Congressmen were told martial law might be needed if the bailout wasn't passed.

To the north, there's attempted murder -- via cut brake lines of Liberal Party supporters, as well as other vandalism and harrassment of "Liberal scum".

Herman Daly: a Steady State Economy

Will this annoy James and Jordan simultaneously? Page is long because of comments.

Some themes:
- the Earth is in steady-state. As the economy grows to be a larger share of the ecosystem, it too must bow to physical limits.
- Production should be seen as a maintenance cost, not a good in itself. This would be clearer if companies bore the responsibility for disposing of their products.
- "What is the proper range of inequality—one that rewards real differences and contributions rather than just multiplying privilege? Plato thought it was a factor of four. Universities, civil services and the military seem to manage with a factor of ten to twenty. In the US corporate sector it is over 500. As a first step could we not try to lower the overall range to a factor of, say, one hundred?"
- Our system favors free trade and free capital movement, allowing evasion of labor and environmental regulations. Labor, of course, is not free to move.