As the dominance
of economic thinking replaced that of the church, the sciences in their plurality survived the change by demonstrating their ability to improve technology and contribute to health.
Not exact matches
Discussing the topic on s lightly more political /
economic scope, I wonder if the decline you see in America can be linked to the opening
of China's economy, where marginal producers in America have been
replaced by high performing Chinese producers (because
of lower wages) the result has been to see the average wages
of «more profitable» producers be eroded to take this production shift to China —
thinking of the Chinese labor pool as an addition to the American labor pool bringing down wages across the board.
«Mining is difficult and I
think everyone underestimates the true
economic costs
of extracting a unit
of whatever it is, in this case an ounce
of gold, and
replacing it with an ounce you can take out
of the ground next year.
According to Lester Brown, author
of the 2003 book, Plan B (and three subsequent updates) and founder
of the non-profit environmental
think tank, Earth Policy Institute, the plan is based on
replacing the fossil - fuel - based, automobile - centered, throwaway economy with a new
economic model powered by abundant sources
of renewable energy.