Sacred Economics Money Gift And Society In The Age Of Transition

Binding: Paperback
Description: Expanded and updated Charles Eisenstein's classic treatise on capitalism currency and the gift economy. This revised version traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism and includes new material on cryptocurrencies and emerging research that has come out since the book's original publication. Charles Eisenstein shows how capitalism contributes to alienation competition and scarcity; destroys community; and necessitates endless growth at the cost of social and environmental devastation. Today these trends have reached their extreme - - and their collapse presents a golden opportunity to transition to a more connected ecological and sustainable way of being. Eisenstein describes the deeper narratives beneath our economic system and how we can reimagine it to align with a new story. Applying a broadly integrated synthesis of theory policy and practice he explores avant - garde concepts of the New Economics including negative - interest currencies local economies gift economics cryptocurrencies and the restoration of the commons. Tapping into a rich lineage of conventional and unconventional economic thought Eisenstein presents a vision that is original yet commonsense radical yet gentle and increasingly relevant as the crises of our civilization deepen.
Title: Sacred Economics Money Gift And Society In The Age Of Transition
Author(s): Eisenstein Charles
Publisher: North Atlantic Books U. S.
Barcode: 9781623175764
Pages: 496 Pages, 5 Black And White Illustrations
Publication Date: 2/16/2021
Category: Politics & Government