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Clair Brown, “Buddhist Economics”

Published March 9, 2017

Watch the video of Clair Brown, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Work, Technology, and Society at UC Berkeley, discussing her book, Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science. The conversation was introduced by Christina Maslach, Professor of the Graduate School of Psychology, UC Berkeley.

In this video, recorded on March 2, 2017, Clair Brown, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Work, Technology, and Society at UC Berkeley, discussed her new book, Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science. The conversation was introduced by Christina Maslach, Professor of the Graduate School of Psychology, UC Berkeley.

Traditional economics measures the ways in which we spend our income, and doesn’t attribute worth to the crucial human interactions that give our lives meaning. Brown, an economist at UC Berkeley and a practicing Buddhist, has developed a holistic model, one based on the notion that quality of life should be measured by more than national income. Brown advocates an approach to organizing the economy that embraces, rather than skirts, questions of values, sustainability, and inequality.

Complementing the award-winning work of Paul Krugman and Jeffrey Sachs, and the paradigm-breaking spirit of Thomas Piketty and Amartya Sen, Brown incorporates the Buddhist emphasis on interconnectedness, capability, and happiness into her vision for a sustainable and compassionate world.

This event was co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley Department of Economics and the Institute for Research in Labor and Employment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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