Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (515 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1583943978 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 469 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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His writings on the web magazine Reality Sandwich have generated a vast online following; he speaks frequently at conferences and other events, and gives numerous interviews on radio and podcasts. Writing in Ode magazine's "25 Intelligent Optimists" issue, David Korten (author of When Corporations Rule the World) called Eisenstein "one of the up-and-coming great minds of our time." Eisenstein graduated from Yale University in 1989 with a d
"The Book I've Been Waitng For" according to Charles A. Metcalf. Charles Eisenstein's recent book, "Sacred Economics," is the book I've been waiting for. Finally, a brilliant scholar has produced a comprehensive and prescriptive vision for a future that promises to escape the dystopian path humanity is now embarked upon, although not without prompting my caveats.Lucidly written, the first part of the book explains the increasingly dysfunctional workings . A Beautiful Vision David Evans Not only does Charles Eisenstein clearly articulate a beautiful vision for the transformation of our economy into one that creates kindness, he backs it up with some practical steps to move toward that vision. I'm on board!. If you want to learn anything about economics this is not the book! The description of the book on Amazon is misleading. The description looks like this is a book about "how things came to be" and "where things need to go". Yet this is a book about ideologies with little to no "science". I think if a religious zealot wrote a economics book, this would be it.The author describes a utopia of a gift society where everyone happily gives without reservation, loc
Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth. EVOLVER EDITIONS is an imprint of North Atlantic Books and is produced in collaboration with Evolver, LLC.. This book is about how the money system will have to change—and is already changing—to embody this transition. A broadly integrated synthesis of theory, policy, and practice, Sacred Economics explores avant-garde concepts of the New Economics, including negative-interest currencies, local currencies, resource-based economics, gift economies, and the restoration of the commons. EVOLVER EDITIONS explores the dynamics of personal, collective, and global change from a wide range of perspectives. Author Charles Eisenstein also considers the personal dimensions of this transition, speaking to those concerned with "right livelihood" and how to live according to their ideals in a world seem
Sacred Economics:"This brilliant and beautifully written book is an indispensable must-read for all those who believe our economic system is terminally sick and in need of radical, sacred rehaul. … Eisenstein’s book provides some of the most creative and hopeful ideas out there.” —New Consciousness Review“Charles Eisenstein puts his money where his mouth is. Your heart and mind will be opened by this treasure of a book that shines with wisdom of crucial importance to our troubled world today." —Kamran Mofid, founder of the Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative“Sacr