Re: Frank and Jones -- money and oil

On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Mark Jones wrote:

> At 20/11/2001 22:12, Richard N Hutchinson wrote:
>
> >Mark Jones takes the "ultra-materialist" path of focusing on natural
> >resources, treating the "hard-headed materialism" of economics as
> >epiphenomenal to OIL.
>
> This definitely what I don't believe! This would put me in the camp of
> modern neomalthusian ricardians, where I am not. It is not oil which is the
> issue, but the political economy of oil. There is no shortage of oil in
> nature, and there is not even a shortage of oil qua commodity, and never
> will be IMO.


There is no shortage of oil in nature?

That seems to be the opposite of all your postings and analysis, and in
any event, I think it's not true.  To say otherwise sounds like good old
Julian Simon the conservative economist and "cornucopian."

I would like to hear your explanation of your alternative to "modern
neomalthusian ricardianism," given your laserlike focus on oil.

RH