New Economic Paradigm - a Buddhist Mindful System Change Experiment

QUESTION of the day:
Why we start economic-political discussion with ideologies and not voluntary ethics for people & systems

Economics must begin within living economy and not with market and mathematics removed from daily living of people in society respecting commons, social contracts in service to people and planet thriving and not growing beyond the limits of the sustainability boundaries. Kate Raworth is a British economist and academic known for creating the "Doughnut Economics" model, which balances human needs with planetary boundaries. She talks about her ideas about designing new economic systems for 21st century economy.

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In times of great upheaval and sytemwide breakdown we need to recognize voices of wisdom and listen to wise leaders, creative , public educators, teachers and visionary authors in our community to organize locally for meaningful sustainable actions. Here is one podcast: The Great Simplification

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens explores money, energy, economy, and the environment with world experts and leaders to understand how everything fits together, and where we go from here

Offering meal dana to bhikkhunis (Buddhist nuns) is a great way to practice the first parami of dana (transcendent virtue of generosity) and sustain the four-fold sangha of monks, nuns, laymen and laywomen practitioners of the ariya-magga Noble Eightfold path Buddha taught.

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"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the system to a higher order," by Nobel Laureate Ilya Prigogine (chemistry).

I love many ideas of Regenerative Economics by John Fullerton, although not so much the Club of Rome.

John Fullerton: Collaboration and The Regenerative Economy Movement What is the regenerative economy movement? Can it help us overcome our societal addiction to growth and transform the current economy? Joining us today to un...

Is there an Escape from Capitalism? Author and Economics Professor Clara Mattei thinks Capitalism is enforced by Post Industrialism and not natural, born through violence and exclusion of people from land-based self-sufficiency. Participatory budgeting is one way we can begin the change from local level. She is based on Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Clara Mattei: capitalism is not natural - it’s enforced Clara Mattei is an economist who wants us to rethink the idea that capitalism is simply the natural order of things.[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: ht...

The Mondragon Corporation is the world’s largest worker-employee owned cooperative network. The corporation and federation of worker cooperatives is based in the Basque region of Spain, but has businesses all over the world. An increasing number of workers and governments are looking at this business model to tackle wealth and income inequality. Within the US, Initiatives like Co-op Cincy (Cincinnati) and the USW United Steel Workers) have driven this model, aiming to create sustainable, equitable jobs, protecting against layoffs by sharing work and utilizing solidarity funds. Please share and esperiment with this model in your own city and community.

The World’s Largest Worker Cooperative Network The Mondragon Corporation is the world’s largest worker cooperative network. The corporation and federation of worker cooperatives is based in the Basque reg...

Colonization Never Ended! How do we secure local food & future? Through UPOV (International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants), corporations are imposing intellectual property rights over "protected" plant varieties (which are often produced or modified by corporations). UPOV is an international legal framework that gives corporations monopoly rights over seeds—while restricting the rights of farmers to save, reuse, exchange, or sell them! https://www.localfutures.org/colonisation-never-ended/

Why our IDEA of CAPITAL is all WRONG? Richard Murphy is a Professor Emeritus of Accounting Practice at University of Sheffield Management School. He talks about Politics of care that prioritizes the value of Productive, Natural and Human Capital over Financial capital.

Why our idea of ‘capital’ is all wrong We talk about capital as if it’s only money or machines, but that’s a dangerously narrow view. In this video, I unpack the six forms of capital we should mea...

Is it time for Universal Basic Income to balance Job loss due to AI by 44% in 2030. Here's what Andrew Yang, 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate & advocate for UBI had to say.

AI’s job shake-up is accelerating. Is it time for universal basic income? As AI eliminates jobs at a historic pace, former 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang argues that universal basic income could help Americans adapt to the...