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minus-squareFlyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoWill this increase in demand for those resources still take place under planned economies, or is this the result of profit seeking in capitalist economies?
minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoThe Jevons Paradox is not inherently capitalist. It emerges whenever a system has feedback loops that convert efficiency gains into expanded use. Rigid, conservation-oriented planning may suppress it… but flexible, growth-driven planning may just reproduce it in administrative form. It’s relatively rare for humans to not want the next generation to have more than they did, so I wouldn’t count on that happening.
Will this increase in demand for those resources still take place under planned economies, or is this the result of profit seeking in capitalist economies?
The Jevons Paradox is not inherently capitalist. It emerges whenever a system has feedback loops that convert efficiency gains into expanded use.
Rigid, conservation-oriented planning may suppress it… but flexible, growth-driven planning may just reproduce it in administrative form.
It’s relatively rare for humans to not want the next generation to have more than they did, so I wouldn’t count on that happening.