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I have applied my skills as an economist and futurist for over three decades in a diverse range of activities spanning both government and private sectors. These include: public housing, consumer protection, public sector management, industrial and resources development, advising Cabinet Ministers on industrial relations and tourism, planning a major petrochemical plant, feasibility studies, venture capital, community development, share market investment, mineral exploration and mining.
Based on a serious ongoing contemplation of my life experiences I believe that there is a purpose and meaning for all existence that transcends and includes the material realm. This higher purpose has a tangible quality of forward moving directionality and creativity. It is from this perspective that I will be enquiring into why and how economics as a human activity can evolve.
My awakening to our inherent spiritual nature arose initially through childhood experiences where a sense of oneness of all things was revealed, particularly when in nature. In adolescence I discovered the poetry of William Wordsworth who expressed so beautifully in words what I so deeply and tangibly experienced in nature…
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Economics is at its most simplest about human beings producing and consuming. These activities always occur in a context – be it historical, cultural, biological, cultural, ethical, philosophical or spiritual. Economics is today framed in a materialist context with the over riding tendency to self interest at the material level.
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Evolutionary Economics, to sustain its inherently dynamic nature, needs to be monitoring indicators of existing and future trends. This blog is informed by a diverse and regularly up dated range of sources including books, newspapers, magazines, radio, TV and the internet.
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