Comments on: Financing Designer Cities http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/04/05/financing-designer-cities/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:41:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: shiv http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/04/05/financing-designer-cities/comment-page-1/#comment-96864 shiv Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:40:30 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/04/04/financing-designer-cities/#comment-96864 What is wealth ? The ability to consume more energy ? The access to more energy ? Or some myth of the monetary system ? Is wealth control of humans ? Or is it control of resources ? <em><strong>Atanu's response:</strong> A quick and dirty definition of wealth is "stuff." Stuff is wealth. For a bit more on this please see <a href="http://www.deeshaa.org/2005/01/18/the-importance-of-producing-stuff/">The Importance of Producing Stuff</a>.</em> What is wealth ? The ability to consume more energy ? The access to more energy ? Or some myth of the monetary system ? Is wealth control of humans ? Or is it control of resources ?

Atanu’s response: A quick and dirty definition of wealth is “stuff.” Stuff is wealth. For a bit more on this please see The Importance of Producing Stuff.

]]> By: Aleixandre Barrera http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/04/05/financing-designer-cities/comment-page-1/#comment-96863 Aleixandre Barrera Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:36:26 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/04/04/financing-designer-cities/#comment-96863 Although your idea is well intentioned - I think you have got the cart before the horse. The analogy breaks down when you compare a city to a piece capital equipment. Cities are not an input, but rather an output. Well-functioning cities are the outcome of a long and successful process of social development. I'm afraid that trying to socially engineer (albeit using market mechanisms) a 1st world city out of a 3rd world village or worse yet, on a "greenfield" site, would create less than stellar results. Ever heard of a city called Brazilia? Although your idea is well intentioned – I think you have got the cart before the horse. The analogy breaks down when you compare a city to a piece capital equipment. Cities are not an input, but rather an output. Well-functioning cities are the outcome of a long and successful process of social development. I’m afraid that trying to socially engineer (albeit using market mechanisms) a 1st world city out of a 3rd world village or worse yet, on a “greenfield” site, would create less than stellar results. Ever heard of a city called Brazilia?

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