Seeds of Violence, Seeds of Hope:

Exploring Economics in an Ecological Context

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Ed Dreby, Editor; Design by Kim Carlyle

Volume III: Exercises

In-Depth Perspectives

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Purposes of the Project and the Resource 4

Organization of This Resource 4

About the FTE Project 5

An Economics for Spaceship Earth, by Peter G. Brown 7

Quakers and Capitalism: A Schematic History, by Steve Davison 11

What is a Classic Liberal?, by Jack Powelson 19

The Ethical Implications of Modern Economic Theory, by Leonard Joy 25

Boundless Bull, by Herman Daly 31

Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services, by Judy Lumb 35

Population Issues and Challenges in the 21 st Century, by Roy Treadway 40

The Real Costs of “Free” Trade, from Friends Committee on Unity with Nature 47

At the Heart of the Global Economy: Reflections on the AFSC Report, by Keith Helmuth and Judy Lumb 49

Money and Growth: Another Inconvenient Truth?, by Ed Dreby 56

It’s the Economy, Friend, by David Ciscel 62

A Friendly Perspective on the Human-Earth Relationship, by Steve Davison 68

The Ecological World View: Converging Streams of Thought, by Keith Helmuth 76

Changing World View and Friends Testimonies, by Keith Helmuth, Judy Lumb, Sandra Lewis, and Barbara Day 82

Contributors to Volume III 91

The articles in Volume III present particular viewpoints of Friends who have been involved with the Friends Testimonies and Economics Project and of several others whose views seem important to include. A number of these articles have previously appeared as Quaker Eco-Bulletin s. We invite anyone who would like to contribute a point of view to the project to offer it as a Quaker Eco-Bulletin by contacting the QEB Editorial Team at <QEB@QuakerEarthcare.org>.•