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Does the world's economic system make abundance impossible?
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A driving undercurrent of the marketplace is scarcity. Industry at large wants scarcity, for itincreases demand. This reality creates an immediate disregard for the environment/human concernand reinforces abusive methods that work to limit production capacity and resource availability,rather than expand it for the greater good. Therefore, abundance is impossible. - source: http://thezeitgeistmovement.com/The Zeitgeist Movement.pdf
No, products and resources have tended to become more abundant in the current economic system
For example, salt and spices used to be expensive, scarce commodities, but are now commonplace. Most manufactured goods, for example cars, TVs and mobile phones, start out expensive and become increasingly abundant due to economics of scales and improved manufacturing technology
While it is often in the interests of a particular company to keep a particular product scarce, providing the same product more cheaply provides an easy way for a rival company to enter the market.
- By Nicolas Holzapfel
- Nov. 24, 2009