Betterness
eBook - ePub

Betterness

Economics for Humans

  1. 38 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Betterness

Economics for Humans

About this book

Betterness: Economics for Humans is a powerful call to arms for a post-capitalist economy. Umair Haque argues that just as positive psychology revolutionized our understanding of mental health by recasting the field as more than just treating mental illness, we need to rethink our economic paradigm. Why? Because business as we know it has reached a state of diminishing returns—though we work harder and harder, we never seem to get anywhere. This has led to a diminishing of the common wealth: wage stagnation, widening economic inequality, the depletion of the natural world, and more. To get out of this trap, we need to rethink the future of human exchange. In short, we need to get out of business and into betterness. HBR Singles provide brief yet potent business ideas, in digital form, for today's thinking professional.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. About This Book
  5. Chapter 1-Introduction: The Not-So-Dismal Science?
  6. Chapter 2-The Capitalist’s Paradox
  7. Chapter 3-Eudaimonia: A Better Path to Prosperity
  8. Chapter 4-Poiesis: A Better Source of Advantage
  9. Chapter 5-ArĂȘte: A Better Organization
  10. Chapter 6-Kairos: Toward a Better Paradigm
  11. About the Author