What makes people happy? This question takes us to the heart of Buddhist economics—to our true self. According to Buddhist economics, human nature is generous and altruistic, even as we also care ...

The financial collapse of 2008, coupled with growing income and wealth disparity, has made many Americans question the benefits of a free market economy. Are our current economic policies really the ...

Clair Brown, Professor of Economics; Director, Center for Work, Technology and Society at the University of California, Berkeley; Author, Buddhist Economics Monday Night Philosophy travels a different ...

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Brown, a University of California, Berkeley professor of economics, believes the primary concern of the free market is profit and prosperity, but such a gain must be weighed against the crises that it ...

The recently reviewed book, Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don’t Talk about It) by Elizabeth Anderson comes at a perfect time: Labor Day Weekend. The book’s title also ...

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What makes people happy? This question takes us to the heart of Buddhist economics—to our true self. According to Buddhist economics, human nature is generous and altruistic, even as we also care ...