‘The convergence of events we are witnessing is a symptom of a wider process of global systemic decline. This convergence is happening due to the unsustainable nature of a system that can no longer keep going in its current form without sparking further crisis. The ultimate hidden driver is a way of living and being …
‘An awakening around the planet is underway. This awakening is linked to an emerging awareness of the deep interconnection of all Beings upon the Living Planet, as we experience the upheaval of the Anthropocene’s changing climate. I believe it is within responsively relational values, rooted in care for all beings, that hope resides. In my …
Regenerative Markets in a Pan-Asian Perspective (Schumacher Lecture) Read More »
‘The precarious situation of a world economy that has outgrown the planet’s capacity, while still failing to universally meet human needs has led to a search for new and alternative economic paradigms. Post-Keynesian economics pinpoints the need to consider deep uncertainty and the possibility of governments to intervene in the economy Ecological economics sets the …
The SDGs in the post COVID world (Schumacher Lecture) Read More »
‘Corona is revealing to the wider community that its miserably paid armies of people in precarious work, hitherto dismissed as ‘low skill’, who really keep our societies going: the couriers, the nurses, the supermarket checkout staff, the care workers, the refuse collectors. They are now the ones who keep the shop open, who keep our …
Prospects for a Wellbeing Economy (Schumacher Lecture) Read More »