Re: What is the total wealth ?

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

Charles Brown wrote:
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>
> Ok I said it dumbly, but I'm trying to start a holistic thought like Levins
> and Lewontin might advise. Is there enough wealth in the whole world to give
> everybody a decent minimum ? Could we have a world minimum income/networth ?
>

I don't think estimates of "total wealth" tell one much. What counts for
your purposes is the flow of material goods and services available at
any given moment. Or perhaps the productive capacity if everyone were
employed, but I doubt anyone could make even a wild estimate of that.

Carrol