9 videos tagged well-being
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Ashok Khosla
What might a sustainable economics look like?
Ashok Khosla suggests that a system that defines development in terms of material consumption is one that is doomed for failure. In a world of finite resources, we cannot afford…
Recorded: 13 May 2007
Takashi Kiuchi
What’s wrong with modern economics?
Kiuchi believes that various aspects of modern economics are outmoded. The Keynesian economic model is one example, with its emphasis on maximizing demand by any means so as to…
Recorded: 8 September 2006
Manfred Max-Neef
Can money buy happiness?
Manfred Max-Neef believes that economists are fixated with growth for growth’s sake. As a result, they overlook the qualitative values essential to human development. Whereas…
Recorded: 21 May 2006
Hazel Henderson
How will business change as our focus on the environment increases?
Hazel Henderson believes that the current system within which businesses operate will become obsolete over time. The changing composition of the Fortune 500 in the last 20 years…
Recorded: 6 November 2005
Sir Crispin Tickell
Can china grow its economy sustainably?
Since the mid-1990s, Sir Crispin has served as Chairman of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED). He describes how the Chinese…
Recorded: 9 March 2005
Caroline Lucas
How can we ensure energy security?
Caroline Lucas talks about the energy options confronting us. She discusses her preference for clean renewable energy and why she thinks nuclear power has little future. She remarks…
Recorded: 3 December 2004
Marshall Rosenberg
What is ‘the good life’?
Dr Rosenberg talks about Teilhard de Chardin’s theories of human evolution which sought to return to a more natural way – one where no-one advances at the expense of…
Recorded: 8 June 2004
Satish Kumar
What are the main problems of materialism?
Satish Kumar describes how present levels of consumption in the West are simply unsustainable. He examines the material values prevalent in much of Western society and envisages…
Recorded: 28 May 2004
Frank Dixon
Is our economic system flawed?
Frank Dixon elaborates on why he thinks our present economic and political systems incentivize to do business in irresponsible ways. He describes how these systems can be changed…
Recorded: 20 May 2004
