We seek diversity, but we also have our limits –we are opposed to the present state of things and we seek a better world. We recognize that there are many ways of attaining this change, but on this site we are currently pursuing mainly historically-researched studies of various aspects of the world as it is –or, at least, as it appears to be.

This should not be aimed at monopolizing knowledge, but –we hope –at opening some windows –for ourselves as much as for those who care to read our articles.

Our choice of name –Abundance and Capital –refers to what exists. On the one hand, we are surrounded by abundance, but while people die of starvation it is easy to believe in the invention of scarcity. But for most people, any experience of this abundance may seem passing, periodic or of a local nature only, a phenomenon that could only exist for some. Will we go on believing this? Or have human minds become so benumbed that it doesn’t even matter now? Food is destroyed before our very eyes –indeed, all kinds of wealth are smashed up continually. And yet we imbibe the mantra: “there’s just not enough to go around”.

The facts show this is false. But what does that matter? We live in dream, perhaps? No! The world is knowable –lies should be overturned. Nevertheless, we should admit that there is a lot we do not know. In fact, some of us do not even know each other that well!

Although the initial writings on this site have their origin in economic theories and facts, it was never the intention that it should necessarily be dominated by economics. In fact, history seems to be fundamental to our project –a history informed by economic ideas and facts, among much else.

For example, the situation in the world since America shifted once more towards a predominantly bellicose path, symbolized by George Bush’s coming to power in 2001, leads us to think about war in general –what were the causes of the war against Iraq leads us to consider the causes behind wars in the 20th century generally, and particularly the causes of the First and Second World Wars. In investigating these issues, we are discovering a lot that is pertinent to what is happening today and we are discovering much about how uninformed we are about the past and present.

The less we understand about the past and present, the more easily can we be persuaded by lies. This is brought home to us by the energy question and the “Peak Oil” argument. We respect the environment and we are against its destruction due to the greed for fast returns by transnational enterprises. But the “Peak Oil” lobby uses these sentiments to justify thoroughly perverse agendas. Once we begin to scrape the surface of these theories about a coming absolute shortage of oil, we discover a lot of other things –history opens up before us and enlightens our understanding of the present.

This is not a statement of aims that says we shall restrict ourselves to studying history, because we also want to discuss what is happening as it unfolds. But a history informed by knowledge from other disciplines seems to be a very special key for discovering what is going on –and what is likely to happen next.