Examples of using Basic and non-basic in English and their translations into Greek
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For a detailed description of basic and non-basic needs satisfaction in an inclusive democracy.
The proposed system of work allocation reflects the basic distinction we have drawn above between basic and non-basic needs.
As regards, first, the distinction between basic and non-basic needs, it is clear that the rhetoric about freedom of choice in the West is empty.
Working people are then credited with the number of hours they have worked for the production of products needed to meet basic and non-basic needs.
The distinction between basic and non-basic needs is introduced here because each sector is assumed to function on a different principle.
The effect of the proposed system on the distribution of income will be that a certain amount of inequality will inevitably follow the division between basic and non-basic work.
As regards intermediate goods(equipment, etc.),which are needed for the production of basic and non-basic goods, producers of such goods would arrange a product mix determined‘by order'.
The idea explored here involves the combination of a democratic planning process with a system of vouchers that could be used for the satisfaction of basic and non-basic needs.
Regarding the meaning of needs he makes a distinction between basic and non-basic needs and a similar one between needsand satisfiers(the form or the means by which these needs are satisfied).
Therefore, a complex‘index of desirability' should be constructed with the use of multiple rankings of the various types of work,based on the‘revealed' preferences of citizens in choosing the various types of basic and non-basic activity.
As far as the meaning of needs is concerned, it is important to drawa clear distinction between, on the one hand, basic and non-basic needs and, on the other, between needs and satisfiers,[17] that is.
In the ID case, however,the use of vouchers for the satisfaction of basic and non-basic needs not only meets the spontaneity requirements but also the requirement that consumers should be able to satisfy their preferences as regards styles etc.
Business economies are for the first time in human history shifting to energy sources that are less energy efficient, production of usable energy will require more, not less,effort on the part of societies to power both basic and non-basic human activities.
As far as the meaning of needs is concerned,a distinction is drawn between basic and non-basic needs and a similar one between needs and‘satisfiers'(the form or the means by which these needs are satisfied).
It is therefore clear from the above, that the arbitrary, if not authoritarian, solutions given to such problems by Parecon are entirely due to the intrinsic non-flexibility of this model,which does not distinguish between basic and non-basic needs and work,and also between different rates of remuneration on the basis of(non-basic) work offered. Are job complexes feasible?
To recapitulate, the ID proposal to distinguish between basic and non-basic goods and services and correspondingly between basic and non basic work ensures that nobody will have to work more than the minimum required for meeting the basic needs of all citizens, which, unlike Parecon, in ID are met in full.
No wonder that the result of Parecon's exclusive reliance on planning for the allocation of resources and of not distinguishing between basic and non-basic needs is that Parecon ends up with a system where each citizen's consumption, production and workload has, ultimately, to conform to the“average”.
In contrast, the ID proposal aims at the full satisfaction of citizens' basic and non-basic needs and the parallel meeting of their real desires as regards the kind of work they wish to do, without any external compulsionand social waste.
This, on top of the fact that it does not make any distinction between basic needs and non-basic needs, implies that Parecon cannot secure self management for either workers or consumers.