What's the economy for, anyway? [videorecording] : a tragic comedy in 13 acts / produced by John de Graaf and Dave Batker in association with Fox Wilmar Productions and Earth Economics ; director/writer, John De Graaf.
The GDP -- Quality of life -- Health -- Happiness -- Security -- Time -- The greatest number -- Sustainability -- Ancient history -- Modern history -- Financial crisis -- What's next?
Summary:
"Ecological economist Dave Batker presents a humorous, edgy, factual, timely and highly-visual monologue about the American economy today, challenging the ways we measure economic success, especially the Gross Domestic Product, and offering an answer to the question: What's the economy for, anyway? Using Gifford Pinchot's idea that the economy's purpose is "the greatest good for the greatest number over the longest run," Batker compares the performance of the U.S. economy with that of other industrial countries in terms of providing a high quality of life, fairness and ecological sustainability, concluding that when you do the numbers, we come out near the bottom in nearly every category. Batker shines a humorous light on such economic buzzwords as "productivity" and "consumer sovereignty" while offering ideas for "capitalism with a human face," a new economic paradigm that meets the real needs of people and the planet"--Container.
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