CHAPTER 2

Look in the Mirror: Self-Induced Systemic Crises

In the Chapter 1, we explored a few of today’s problematic social conditions as they have been shaped by technology and prevailing ideas about what economies and societies are all about. The idea that frames this book is to develop an emerging socioeconomic perspective that is more relational/connected, holistic, dignity-based, and affirmatively life-giving, not just for humans, rather for all living beings and the planet as a whole. Such a perspective serves as the basis of a vision of societies with their embedded economies and associated business practices that are life-(not wealth-) centric, and that foster dignity, well-being in a just and flourishing world for all. Transformation ...

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