Talk Spot
The Talk Spot is an IUPUI blog on Bill McKibben's Deep Economy and the focal topics of green economy, healthy communities and just sustainability. Faculty, students and staff will add their thoughts all year about the book, the issues and the ways we can make a difference.
Click here for the schedule of highlighted pages from Deep Economy each week.
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Pp. 162 - 172: "Direct Democracy"
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Since happiness has increased with income in the past, we assumed it would do so in the future. However, it is a fallacy. McKibben’s aim in Deep Economy is relatively modest. It is to change minds, to present a new mental model of the possible. He suggests more progress toward local economies. His analysis of localization for food, radio, and energy, can be applied to almost any commodity. If we start thinking a little differently we can do the same for our democracy.
Bill McKibben, "Pursuing Prosperity and Local Sustainability"
Monday, Nov. 9,
CE – Campus Center Room: 450
