Presenter(s): Michael Monetery
Faculty Mentor(s): James Kiser & Lee Imonen
Oral Session 3 SW
This work introduces a proactive alternative to economic injustice involving a redefinition of value, reassessment of the real scope of cultural exchange and personal interactions affecting the quality of life (QOL), not just the ethically valueless GDP. The thesis critiques the corrupting influence of inherently destabilizing, destructive national monetary policy and unrealistic economic theory. The sociolinguistic conceptual framework of modern civilization, its paradigm, its symptoms, causal factors and governing principles were holistically analyzed and critiqued. The research showed that pervasive disinformation, commercially sponsored propaganda and political corruption subverted the nature and purpose of human culture, education and governance. Developing bio-ethical, ecocentric ecometrics to supplement quantitative econometrics is proposed for initiating realistic, qualitative analytics, essential for enhancing QOL and conservation of our only habitat. New definitions and unrecognized or under-appreciated principles are presented—essential for understanding the realities of economic injustice and political corruption—to support the proposed solution. The information and stratagems are presented to help parents, teachers, students, voters, leaders, corporate executives & directors, scientists, architects, engineers, planners and policy advisors successfully accomplish their missions. The presentation also serves as a prologue to a more extensive work on axiology and meta-economics metatheory in-progress.