Listen "Thinking about Inequality and Land Ownership"
Episode Synopsis
In this Episode conversations with Susan Witt and David Fix from the Schumacher Center for a new Economics are explored which focused on the social and economic dimensions of land ownership. The episode moves through a simple and elegant characterization of economics shared by Susan, how to understand what a commodity is and how treating land like a commodity unleashes anti-social dynamics in the economy and drives unjust inequality. This episode shares from one of the conversations taking place as preparation for the upcoming event: “Working for Freedom and the Common Good”, September 19-21 at the Goetheanum, an intergenerational conversation about global economic cooperation and peace 100 years after the first “World Power Conference”.References:“Working for Freedom and the Common Good” website: https://www.worldgoetheanum.org/en/wg...Schumacher Center for a New Economics: https://centerforneweconomics.org/Rudolf Steiner. Rethinking EconomicsThomas Piketty. Capital in the Twenty-First CenturyQuestions of Courage is a project of the Youth Section at the Goetheanum, in collaboration with Goetheanum TV. To support the Youth Section Global Access Fund, please visit: https://www.goetheanum.org/en/youth-donations
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