Tag Archives: economy

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Living without working

A World Without Work – Part 1
A World Without Work – Part 2
Living Without Working

 Economist Daniel Susskind is author of A WORLD WITHOUT WORK: Technology, Automation and How We Should Respond. 

Vikram Mansharamani is author of  THINK FOR YOURSELF: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence. 

Recorded 5/29/2020

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What’s the Economy For Anyway?

Activist, author, and film-maker John de Graaf  looks beyond the current downturn to explore the assumptions underlying our economy. In an election cycle that is focused on our economic future, his new book What’s the Economy For, Anyway? offers a fresh perspective on quality of life, health, security, work-life balance, leisure, social justice, and perhaps most important, sustainability.

How can we measure economic success?  Nationally?  Individually?  What is the role of growth in a 21st-century economy?  What role can governments play in creating economic success?  What is the individual’s role?

Wednesday, October 10 @7:00 pm

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