an economy that is (a) smaller (b) reliant more on individuals to carry out their own primary production, say in gardens and farms (c) not investing in problem solving to a greater extent than is warranted by the actual savings in energy that result out the other end. See also Twelve leverage points - Twelve leverage points to intervene in a system were proposed by Donella Meadows Morphological analysis References External links Books by Joseph Tainter Academic journal articles Systems science literature