Sunday, February 5, 2012

umair haque

economics for humans

relationships, social capital, accomplishment, meaning, fulfillment, emotional capital..

not so much stuff.. consumerism..

gdp - the money and the stuff

what is the point of economy?

healthy is a state where you achieve higher and higher peaks of functionality
betterness and eudaimonia


conception of richness...

if the answer is business.. that has busy
if the answer is betterness.. it's better and better

not a way to just collect more stuff

how do we make eudaimonic choices..
it's very difficult for us to perceive of a better life.
we have gpd embedded as a blue print, but no eudaionic blue print

ambition or intention, rather than vision and mission

mission statements designed for shareholder value
not designed for real wealth

real wealth - balance

crazy that we think a better world is crazy..

what is standing in the way is not heaps of money, or talent, or people
what is missing is the will to do it and the blue print to take it forward.

his book betterness on kindle for 2.69



satyagraha - strong restraint...soft power.  via cain on ghandi p. 200 of quiet