The Philosophy of Political Economy Project - An Introduction

First Principle <p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:#ffffff;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;color:#000000;text-align:left;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;">Water, food, and energy are the three necessary components sustaining civilization and are thus a universal value of every human.</p> <p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:#ffffff;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;color:#000000;text-align:left;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;">This fundamental truth is the first principle of human development.</p> <p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:#ffffff;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;color:#000000;text-align:left;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;">And if the production, distribution, and consumption of any three is disrupted, social unrest follows. </p> <p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:#ffffff;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;color:#000000;text-align:left;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;">War and peace are inherently tied to abundance or scarcity of these key elements.</p> <p class="mm8Nw