Preface EPILOGUE TO SCARCITY
Chapter I THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY?
The Inadequacy of Conventional Economics
Chapter II THE PARADOX OF POVERTY AMIDST PLENTY
Chapter III HOW WE DISTRIBUTE WEALTH
Pressures for Full Employment
Pressures for Unemployment
Handcraftsmanship and Personal Services.
Women's Liberation
The Importance of Our Cultural Heritage
Chapter IV THE THREAT OF PRODUCTIVITY.
Productivity and the Standard of Living . .
The Threat to Jobs
Automation and Power: Economic and Political
The Concentration of Ownership
Chapter V THE ADVENT OF SUPER-AUTOMATION
Computer-Aided Manufacturing.
Computers and Robots
Chapter VI AN ALTERNATIVE
The Employee Society
The National Mutual Fund
The Amount of NMF Investment
NMF Dividends
The Political Power of the NMF
A Better Selection Process
Additional Checks and Balances
The NMF and Free Enterprise
Incentives for Diversity .
Chapter VII PEOPLES' CAPITALISM AND THE INDIVIDUAL
Financial Security and Personal Freedom
The NMF and Individual Incentive
The Effect on Political Freedom
A Bigger Pie with Bigger Slices
Chapter VIII THE QUEST FOR STABLE PRICES
Productivity and Prices
A Different Strategy
Investment-Payback Delay
Monetary Policy
Tax Policy
Budgetary Policy
Price Guidelines and/or Controls.
Time for a Change
Chapter IX A FORMULA FOR PRICE STABILITY
Part 1: Dealing with Excess Demand
Part 2: Dealing with Insufficient Demand
Administration of the Demand Regulation Policy
The DRP and NMF Working Together
Chapter X A DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
A Role for the Federal Government.
Science at the Cabinet Level
Chapter XI PEOPLES' CAPITALISM IN A FINITE WORLD
The NMF and Limits to Growth
An Alternative to Urbanization
Continued Growth and the Environment
The NMF and International Relations
The NMF and Overpopulation
Chapter XII FROM THROUGHPUT TO STOREHOUSE ECONOMICS
The NMF and Storehouse Economics
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