[The Wise Turtle]

Razzmatazz, your suggestion of Social Enterprise does indeed have that universal ring to it that just might be what I'm looking for. I'll definitely look into that. Thanks!

And John, I would say that it's not about knowing exactly what a fair rate is, but about intending to offer things at a fair rate. It's the intent to give as much value as I recieve. Or actually I hope to give more than I recieve, since I believe that one of humanity's greatest abilities is creation. Sure, I do need some resources to work, but I believe that I can create completely new value by using my creative and intellectual mind. It's kind of like pulling a rabbit out of a hat, you know? Limited resources + creativity = abundant resources. (Am I defying the laws of physics here somehow? Oh, dear, I hope not! Are the Conservation of Creative Energy police going to drag me in?!)

Heh. Sorry. Anyway, yeah, my intent is to leverage the resources of my skills and knowledge to turn a small amount of raw material resources into high valued stuff that fills a real social need. And then hopefully, enough people who have their own resources (preferably money, food, property/housing, or some other need I have) will want to trade their stuff for my goods. This is different than the goal of hording all the resources you can by having a bottom line of profit coupled with the intent to do as little work (adding real value) as possible (mooching).

-Turil