The real wealth of nations : creating a caring economics /
Riane Eisler.
- First edition.
- vii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- BK currents book .
- BK currents book. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-292) and index.
Introduction: Reasons to Care -- We Need a New Economics -- Economics Through a Wider Lens -- It Pays to Care-in Dollars and Cents -- The Economic Double Standard -- Connecting the Dots -- The Economics of Domination -- The Economics of Partnership -- Technology, Work, and the Postindustrial Era -- Who We Are and Where We Are -- The Caring Revolution -- About the Center for Partnership Studies. Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Chapter 6. Chapter 7. Chapter 8. Chapter 9. Chapter 10.
Social scientist Eisler shows that the great problems of our time--such as poverty, inequality, war, terrorism, and environmental degradation--are due largely to flawed economic systems that set the wrong priorities and misallocate resources. Conventional economic models fail to value and support the most essential human work--caring and caregiving--so basic human needs are increasingly neglected, despair and ecological destruction escalate, and the resulting social tensions fuel many of the conflicts we face today. Eisler offers a bold reformulation: a caring economics that transcends traditional categories like capitalist and socialist and offers enormous economic and social benefits. She describes how to put this model into practice through new government and business policies and practices, innovative economic indicators that incorporate caregiving activities, and new social structures. And she lays out practical steps we can take to move towards a society based on this more humane economic model.--From publisher description. "Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations provided the first, most influential, and lasting explanation of the workings of modern economics. But with his focus on "the market" as the best mechanism for producing and distributing the necessities of life, Smith's concepts only told part of the story, leading to flawed economic models that devalue activities that fall outside of the market's parameters of buying and selling. The real wealth of nations, Riane Eisler demonstrates, is not merely financial, but includes the contributions of people and our natural environment. Here, Eisler goes beyond the market to reexamine economics from a larger perspective-and shows that we must give visibility and value to the socially and economically essential work of caring for people and the planet if we are to meet the enormous challenges we are facing."--BOOK JACKET.