Exponential growth is not the best measure of a society’s success

By localise2, on January 16th, 2011%

Letter curtailed with permission from the writer, Kenneth Obel, Wilmette, IL, US. 

He writes: “I am a lawyer in Chicago. I follow and write about sustainability issues.”

Published: FT – January 11 2011 02:28

Extract:

What do we have for all of the “growth” of the recent past? A lot of flat-screen televisions and . . . → Read More: Exponential growth is not the best measure of a society’s success

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Our political leaders and mainstream economists should learn from Sonia Gandhi and Amartya Sen

By localise2, on December 24th, 2010%

On 19th December, James Lamont in New Delhi, who writes for the Financial Times, reported that Sonia Gandhi, President of the Indian National Congress Party, said “graft and greed” were rising and that India’s economic growth is coming at the price of a “shrinking moral universe”. 

Mrs. Gandhi intervened after scandals in the sporting, . . . → Read More: Our political leaders and mainstream economists should learn from Sonia Gandhi and Amartya Sen

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