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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: | '''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]] | ||