A Big Topic

By economics, I am primarily referring to the more general idea of the getting of wanted goods and services. I won't be talking much about academic economic theories.

Most contemporary and historical thoughts on economics are embedded in a philosophy which I would call expedient materialism. Even if one believes in spiritual ideals, one is still an expedient materialist if one believes (for example) that one must eat other living things to live, must till the soil to grow the food to eat (or perhaps to feed to the livestock), and must ravage the earth to forge the plow. Such a use of Creation is more or less exploitative and violent; and as it progresses through time with greater human numbers and more sophisticated technology, it threatens the integrity of the natural world.

There are, of course, other possibilities. Human lore is full of magic and miracles that provide food unconventionally. There are even contemporary outliers such as Prahlad Jani who lives on a sort of nectar he receives from the goddess Amba; and Sri Sathya Sai Baba who can manifest food out of thin air, so to speak.

I am starting this blog to expose some of my thoughts (and perhaps start a conversation) on the World Problematique and potential solutions along the lines of transcendental economics.

My transcendental economics has two parts: first, a theory of a non-exploitative way of getting goods and services; second, a practice - including small and simple steps - to transition away from exploitation and violence.