h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

We just came across the word "deconomy" (in fact, what we found was German "Dekonomie"). A quick websearch tells us
a) that this word/concept does exist (in both English and German) and
b) nothing about its meaning.

Can the wise hootoo community shed some light onto this subject?

Help will be appreciated.

Y.

The nearest I can find is 'diseconomy':

external diseconomy:
A cost arising from an economic activity which does not fall on the person or firm controlling the activity. For example, factories pollute the atmosphere or rivers, and traffic using crowded roads inflicts delay on other vehicles and health damage on pedestrians. While conscience may restrain some polluters, in general activities which cause external diseconomies are carried on in excess of the levels that would be socially optimal. External diseconomies can be restricted by prohibiting some polluting activities and taxing others, but a complete cure on these lines is difficult because in many areas, including power generation and transport, a modern economy relies on polluting activities on a massive scale, and no ‘green’ alternatives are available.

[A Dictionary of Economics, OUP, 2002.]

'Deconomy' isn't in my dictionary (which weighs in at about 2kg). I think I'll sit here and wait for someone to tell us what it means..

How about this?

http://wearcam.org/deconomy.htm


Geggs

... love the source The home page screams:

'Existential Technology which asks the question "Can humans being clerks make clerks be human?", is the philisophical grounding and theoretical basis for the above examples of sousveillance and cyborglogging.'



I am struggling with 'deconomy' though

Ah, I see. It's postmodern twaddle.

It must be the observation and study of 20s/30s modernist art.