Post Free Market Economy (PFME)

• Premise: Present system does not work
• 50% of workers unemployed or underemployed, present system can not employ them
• Economy and man in conflict with nature (global warming, polluted waters contaminated food chain)
• The unjust distribution of wealth can trigger Apocalypse

Guiding principles of change

• Non violent, retain elements needed for incentive Greed, redistribute Wealth, retain private property
• 11th commandment; subjugate the private interest to the common good
• Life liberty and the pursuit of compassionate happiness
• Money alone can not create wealth
• Reduce efficiency, divide the existing jobs among all the people who want to work

The PFME, the Self Sustaining Compassionate Community, SSCC

• Hybrid political system, a mixture of Democracy and planned economy
• Self sustaining community, shares in collective ownership
• Agriculture, industrial and service component
• Industrial activity suitable for the community scale competitive in quality and     price e.g. PV systems, batteries, product assembly
• Take over functions of medicare and healthcare
• Take over aspects of self governing, order and safety

Form a sample community and offer it as a franchise SSCCF

• Starting size about 1000 households
• $50 million initial capital
• 5000 acres of land
• Starting industry in energy, PV systems
• Annual revenue of the community $50 million to $100 million
• Get some funding from government, for giving up unemployment and taking care of the ill and elderly (about $50000 per household, total $50 million)

Mondragon the cooperative manufacturing formula

Pluses:

• Employee ownership, $20 billion sales, 80,000
• Job creator
• Limits on salary scale about 5 to 1

Minuses:

• Operates according to the rules of free market
• Forced to be competitive
• Primary drive is efficiency, minimize labor content
• No solution to post free market