We Are the Economy

The Buddhist Way of Work, Consumption, and Money

We Are the Economy
Kai Romhardt, Christine Welter
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h210 x 140mm - 256pg
14 Jul 2020 US
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9781946764584
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Is real, lasting satisfaction possible within our current financial system? If you' re skeptical, business analyst and Zen practitioner Kai Romhardt proposes a minimalist, awareness-based strategy that totally reconfigures our core economic relationships- work, consumption, and money. Too often, we think of the economy as something outside of us, as beyond the scope of our individual choices. We' re unhappy with how things are going, with unthinking growth that polarizes our world and condenses wealth at the top, but we don' t know what to do. Romhardt argues that individuals who wield a sharp Buddhist mindset can, in fact, create change through personal decisions- when we can see in to society, and in to our constructs, we become empowered to choose deeply real and purposeful lives.
"Kai shows us how the practices of stopping and of deep looking can become powerful instruments to overcome the suffering caused by our current economic thinking and acting. "--from the foreword by Thich Nhat Hanh
German author, speaker, trainer, business coach, and Dharma teacher Kai Romhardt first studied management and organization at the University of St. Gallen and was on the fast track as a consultant at McKinsey. But when he suffered a "crisis of meaning," old certainties collapsed and something inside him woke up--at a Buddhist monastery in France. Since 2001, the question of what mindfulness and Buddhist practice have to offer our economy has become Kai' s central focus. Kai leads seminars and offers retreats on how we can wake up to a joyful, meaningful, humane, and wholesome economy, and begin to translate these insights into their own lives.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781946764584
Published: 14 Jul 2020
Published In: United States
Imprint: Parallax Press
Publisher: Parallax Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 256

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