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	An extreme view is thus that political economy does not exist, that the above is entirely subjective, and political economy cannot in practice be separated from [[political science]] - a common view among those pursuing [[anarchism]], or extreme localism, wherein no commons would be acknowledged or managed globally.		An extreme view is thus that political economy does not exist, that the above is entirely subjective, and political economy cannot in practice be separated from [[political science]] - a common view among those pursuing [[anarchism]], or extreme localism, wherein no commons would be acknowledged or managed globally.

			''See also''
			[[extreme localism]], [[extreme standards]], [[tragedy of the commons]]

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	'''Political economy''' is the political choices that frame economic (buying and consuming) choices. Usually political parties and ideologies claim to have a [[w:~~formal method of evaluating and quantifying ethicality and morality of human actions~~\|clear ethical or moral system]]. [[Consumerium]] may help them do that.		'''Political economy''' is the political choices that frame economic (buying and consuming) choices. Usually political parties and ideologies claim to have a [[w:Formal_method_for_evaluating_and_quantifying_ethicality_and_morality_of_human_actions\|ethical or moral system]]\|clear ethical or moral system]]. [[Consumerium]] may help them do that.

	''The following was deleted as speculative after sitting for a year as part of the [[w:moral purchasing\|Wikipedia moral purchasing article]], and having been edited by many people: Links are to Wikipedia articles to retain the original context of the section:''		''The following was deleted as speculative after sitting for a year as part of the [[w:moral purchasing\|Wikipedia moral purchasing article]], and having been edited by many people: Links are to Wikipedia articles to retain the original context of the section:''
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	=== a new political economy? ===		=== a new political economy? ===

	Recent events suggest that [[w:asymmetric warfare\|asymmetric warfare]] remains effective even against the most [[w:developed nation\|developed nations]], which are necessarily more "open societies" and thus more subject to such threats as [[w:biowar\|biowar]]. Liabilities which were never accounted for in global business or military dealings are now moving from [[w:threat\|threat]] to a probable [[w:risk\|risk]] - and therefore altering many economic decisions.		Recent events suggest that [[w:asymmetric warfare\|asymmetric warfare]] remains effective even against the most [[w:developed nation\|developed nations]], which are necessarily more "open societies" and thus more subject to such threats as [[w:biowar\|biowar]]. Liabilities which were never accounted for in global business or military dealings are now moving from [[w:threat\|threat]] to a probable [[w:risk\|risk]] - and therefore altering many economic decisions.

	Various unusual threat scenarios, e.g. flooded farmers in [[w:Bangaladesh\|Bangaladesh]] blaming U.S. CO2 output for their loss of land to monsoons, e.g. Chinese peasants moved out of the way of the [[w:Three Gorges Dam\|Three Gorges Dam]] flooding holding the Canadian bankers who seeded the project liable for their loss, are often suggested, especially in the [[w:anti-globalization movement\|anti-globalization movement]]. Although scenarios are often far-fetched, the [[w:mass mobilization\|mass mobilization]] of many bodies in protests where there is shared risk of [[w:bodily harm\|bodily harm]] suggests strongly to leaders that people in [[w:developing nation\|developing nation]]s affected by their choices have not only sympathizers, but active agents, in the developed nations.		Various unusual threat scenarios, e.g. flooded farmers in [[w:Bangaladesh\|Bangaladesh]] blaming U.S. CO2 output for their loss of land to monsoons, e.g. Chinese peasants moved out of the way of the [[w:Three Gorges Dam\|Three Gorges Dam]] flooding holding the Canadian bankers who seeded the project liable for their loss, are often suggested, especially in the [[w:anti-globalization movement\|anti-globalization movement]]. Although scenarios are often far-fetched, the [[w:mass mobilization\|mass mobilization]] of many bodies in protests where there is shared risk of [[w:bodily harm\|bodily harm]] suggests strongly to leaders that people in [[w:developing nation\|developing nation]]s affected by their choices have not only sympathizers, but active agents, in the developed nations.

	It remains to be seen if these pressures will ultimately mold a new and global '''political economy''', or if the existing system of global [[w:capitalism\|capitalism]] can stand the strain. This seems, to some, an inseparable goal from that of [[w:world government\|world government]] or [[w:global justice\|global justice]]. And, indeed, advocates of moving towards such goals do often support moral purchasing - and a new '''political economy''' that would hold each of us ultimately responsible for all that we consume.		It remains to be seen if these pressures will ultimately mold a new and global '''political economy''', or if the existing system of global [[w:capitalism\|capitalism]] can stand the strain. This seems, to some, an inseparable goal from that of [[w:world government\|world government]] or [[w:global justice\|global justice]]. And, indeed, advocates of moving towards such goals do often support moral purchasing - and a new '''political economy''' that would hold each of us ultimately responsible for all that we consume.

	See also: [[w:morality\|morality]], [[w:ethical investing\|ethical investing]], [[w:money\|money]], [[w:political economy\|(old Wikipedia article on) political economy]]		See also: [[w:morality\|morality]], [[w:ethical investing\|ethical investing]], [[w:money\|money]], [[w:political economy\|(old Wikipedia article on) political economy]]

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'''Political economy''' is the political choices that frame economic (buying and consuming) choices. Usually political parties and ideologies claim to have a [[w:formal method of evaluating and quantifying ethicality and morality of human actions|clear ethical or moral system]]. [[Consumerium]] may help them do that.

''The following was deleted as speculative after sitting for a year as part of the [[w:moral purchasing|Wikipedia moral purchasing article]], and having been edited by many people: Links are to Wikipedia articles to retain the original context of the section:''

''This text was prefaced by that on [[w:moral purchasing|moral purchasing]] and an analysis of [[amoral purchasing]]. It proceeded to speculate on politics:''

=== a new political economy? ===
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Recent events suggest that [[w:asymmetric warfare|asymmetric warfare]] remains effective even against the most [[w:developed nation|developed nations]], which are necessarily more "open societies" and thus more subject to such threats as [[w:biowar|biowar]]. Liabilities which were never accounted for in global business or military dealings are now moving from [[w:threat|threat]] to a probable [[w:risk|risk]] - and therefore altering many economic decisions.
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Various unusual threat scenarios, e.g. flooded farmers in [[w:Bangaladesh|Bangaladesh]] blaming U.S. CO2 output for their loss of land to monsoons, e.g. Chinese peasants moved out of the way of the [[w:Three Gorges Dam|Three Gorges Dam]] flooding holding the Canadian bankers who seeded the project liable for their loss, are often suggested, especially in the [[w:anti-globalization movement|anti-globalization movement]]. Although scenarios are often far-fetched, the [[w:mass mobilization|mass mobilization]] of many bodies in protests where there is shared risk of [[w:bodily harm|bodily harm]] suggests strongly to leaders that people in [[w:developing nation|developing nation]]s affected by their choices have not only sympathizers, but active agents, in the developed nations.
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It remains to be seen if these pressures will ultimately mold a new and global '''political economy''', or if the existing system of global [[w:capitalism|capitalism]] can stand the strain. This seems, to some, an inseparable goal from that of [[w:world government|world government]] or [[w:global justice|global justice]]. And, indeed, advocates of moving towards such goals do often support moral purchasing - and a new '''political economy''' that would hold each of us ultimately responsible for all that we consume.

See also: [[w:morality|morality]], [[w:ethical investing|ethical investing]], [[w:money|money]], [[w:political economy|(old Wikipedia article on) political economy]]