Here is what puzzles me most about the World Dynamics model:
While there is no clearly advocated policy, the book finds
high-leverage policy in capital-investment generation
reduction: It recommends a capital-investment generation reduction
of 40%(1971). This percentage will be higher in 1996. It puts
particular emphasis on reduction in capital investment in agriculture
and health facilities in order to hold population in check. Doesnt
this require hard choices be made and politically difficult ones at that?
There seems to be much effort concentrated on introducing SD into
secondary schools in order to eventually have an educated population
that could make such high-leverage policy politically feasible. But is
SDEP by itself enough?
Dont we need to openly examine the whole strategy?
Its important that we do this because no group in the world
understands the coming crisis as well as the SD community.
Arlen Wolpert
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