From: f.visser3@chello.nl
Sent: zondag 27 juni 2004 23:28
To: f.visser3@chello.nl
Subject: Integral Political Economy

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Newsletter Nr. 123


Amsterdam, June 27, 2004


Steve McIntosh' essay "World Federation: A 
Transcendent Vision of Integral Consciousness" 
prompted a response from Ray Harris, or actually two:

THOUGHTS TOWARDS AN INTEGRAL POLITICAL ECONOMY 
"The evolution of the individual does not require 
excess surplus.
It only requires sufficient surplus to meet each 
developing need."

AN OPEN LETTER ON "INTEGRAL WORLD GOVERNMENT"
"'The left' is generally any social movement that 
questions the status quo."

 
Harris argues, among other things, that an 
integral political economy:

- supports sustainable development. 
- would promote ethical investment, and further 
help define what is ethical. 
- would ensure the maintenance of the commons 
in order to support the
  evolutionary flow of all sections of society
- will emphasize an ethical imperative that 
challenges the excessive
  accumulation of wealth for non-productive 
indulgence.
- would argue for the proper governance of 
the world financial system
  to ensure that prime directive is followed
- recognizes that fair trade is an essential 
component of a just economic
  system. 
- ensuresthat the political and economic 
system acts in a way to maximize
  the evolutionary impulse for the largest 
group feasible.

You can access these essays through the 
LATEST ADDITIONS overview page, or directly
in the READING ROOM.

Frank



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Frank Visser, Waterpoortweg 279, 1051 pv, Amsterdam 
Author of: Ken Wilber: Thought as Passion SUNY 2003 
Read all about Ken Wilber : http://www.integralworld.net 
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