Ron Nahser -- What is the "Good Life" in a Finite World? U.S. and China in an Age of Ecological Crisis.

Friday, Feb. 26 at 5:30 pm
Marlboro College Graduate School - Room 2 East

This is not a trivial "marketing" question. What if, to take a prominent example, 1.3 billion Chinese citizens decide that the American consumer lifestyle is the "good life," and their Communist Party government decides it is the way to keep their economy growing annually at 8-10% to keep everyone happy, and for the leaders to keep their power?

We will then need the resources of at least 4 more planets, which points out just how unsustainable is the American lifestyle.An overlooked answer begins by re-framing the "dismal science" of economics. Come and hear how two very different cultures are approaching this vital question of the economy's purpose of serving our needs.

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