Human and Nature Dynamics (HANDY):
Modeling Inequality and Use of Resources in the
Collapse or Sustainability of Societies
Unequal Society
. . . most closely reflecting the reality of our world today . . . .
Egalitarian Society
… depletion alone, if large enough, can result in a collapse — even in
the absence of economic stratifi cation.
Equitable Society (with Workers and Non-Workers)
. . . a much higher ratio of Non-Workers
to Workers, shows that a collapse in an equitable society could be avoided by reducing the average
depletion per capita. We note that this scenario could also represent a situation where, rather
than having paid Non-Workers, the workload per capita is reduced, with the whole population
working fewer days a week”. Such a work-sharing” policy has been successfully implemented
in Germany over the past few years for reducing unemployment . . .
UTA’S COMMENT:
Above I show a few extracts from this Handy report.
AuntyUta 