Thomas Harblin

Communications

Interesting Marcin that there is a bit more public discussion of wealth distribution of late thanks to current potus and congressionally endorsed egregious accumulation schemes.

      People are beginning to hear, if not understand, that allocation beneficiaries, i.e., who gets what, when, how, why, are a choice, not a given deity-promulgated manifest. Political economy is not a common framework for defining and analyzing community problems in depth except in the most simple dichotomies, rich/poor, powerful/powerless. 
      Those choices are made in the voting booths, which is why Republicans are going all out to restrict who gets to vote and whether those votes get to matter. 
      Among a highly urbanized population a challenge would be how to integrate parallel regen settlements into existing delimited urban areas, rather than as separate, more or less autonomous communities. Ownership, land use constraints, zoning, ubiquitous codes requirements, all add complexity and costs and make innovation less likely and corruption more so. 
         I apologize for not having a fuller picture of what you are doing. I heard only part of your interview, and my comments likely are random and out of context to be even provocatively useful. 
          Your ideas and strategies are important, and you are taking concrete steps to demonstrate their viability and distributive benefits. They not only raise consciousness and awareness, but invite and engage adherents to act. Congratulations and thanks. Tom