tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016329204337041962.post5870369803332399983..comments2023-11-21T03:52:58.677-05:00Comments on Cosimo Blog: "As the World Burns: Can an Integrated Monetary System Save Us?" - Review of The Tierra SolutionCosimo, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05733937224534986726noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016329204337041962.post-42400938681363653782012-08-28T12:05:39.426-04:002012-08-28T12:05:39.426-04:00Two comments are given by the book’s author in res...Two comments are given by the book’s author in response to this serious book review. <br />1. The Tierra Solution does not claim to a “a singular solution”, it is a specific solution based upon a carbon-based international monetary system. Moreover, this system is not considered to be a complete solution: it is considered to be a necessary, but not a sufficient condition for global wellbeing. Many other factors such as the level inequality, poor governance, economic and energy inefficiencies are also to be considered. The only claim in The Tierra Solution is that it presents a coherent proposal for integrated global governance that makes its value-based planning philosophy explicit and spells out its institutional framework together with a two-fold strategy to accomplish it.<br />2. The author is most aware of the “huge political challenges”, part of which are described in the book’s chapter 10 where in about 20 pages various categories of objections are discussed. These challenges are also discussed in penultimate chapter 9 about strategy where it is emphasized that a large grassroots mobilization for the Great Monetary Transition is needed to overcome the obstacles of mighty vested interests in business and government that want to maintain the status-quo of a world order that enrich the few, impoverish the many and imperil the planet. As part of that mobilization effort the author, as part of his extensive engagement with the Rio 2012 Earth Summit, developed a discussion document entitled the Peoples' Sustainability Treaty on Monetary Transformation which can be found at http://timun.net/documents.php?dcat=3.<br />fcvnychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13180523387224941910noreply@blogger.com