Joel Magnuson

From Greed to Wellbeing (eBook, ePUB)

A Buddhist Approach to Resolving Our Economic and Financial Crises

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Despite our fitful attempts over decades at reform, the global financial system seems caught in cycles of boom and bust, instability, and scandal. In this timely new book, Joel Magnuson builds on the classic works of E. F. Schumacher and other kindred spirits to provide a Buddhist economics perspective on this recurring pattern, and offers new possibilities for real change. The book centers on the belief that greed, aggression, and delusion (Buddhism's "three poisons") are embedded within our financial institutions and that they perpetuate the continued widespread attachment to endless economic growth and financial accumulation that are responsible for social and ecological malaise. Arguing that mainstream economics fails to adequately address this cycle, Magnuson presents a new framework of Buddhist economics, helping readers gain a deeper understanding of current economic problems and offering a course toward genuine wellbeing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781447318958
• Artikelnr.: 47136071

Autorenporträt

JOEL MAGNUSON, Ph.D. is an independent economist based in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is the author of Mindful Economics: How the U.S. Economy Works, Why it Matters, and How It Could Be Different and The Approaching Great Transformation: Toward a Livable Post-Carbon Economy, as well numerous articles in journals and anthologies in the US, Europe, and Japan.

Inhaltsangabe

Buddhist Economics and the Three Fires
Buddhist Economics and Socially Engaged Buddhism
Happiness Failing on the World Stage
The Greed-Infected Cloud of Hot Money
If the Buddha Chaired the Federal Reserve--Banking for Right Livelihood
Stepping out of the Circle of Pathology
Accepting Impermanence.