I...think that there are alternatives to capitalism that can promote better mental health, as well as greater social cohesion and ecological sustainability. To me, such economic systems need to re-shift their values so that they do not create priorities for wealth and profit and economic growth, but instead recognize that the real purpose of an economy is to provide people with meaningful work so that they can have the material things they need to live, in a way that doesn’t compromise the ability of other people, other species, or future generations to meet their needs.
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
The High Price of Materialism
An interview with Tim Kasser from New Left Project.