Paradigms in Progress

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Paradigms in Progress
Powerful and irreversible globalizing forces are at work. Out of ttie turbulence and momentum are emerging new sets of personal, institutional and global standards ;
pointing the way toward a more workable fiuman ecology. For tfiis evolutionary process we need new directions and expanded contexts for creating a "win-win" world and new scorecards for measuring a saner, more equitable, gender-balanced, ecologically-conscious future. Hazel Henderson, economist and human ecologist, reveals our vast potentials and possibilities.
"Written with wit, wisdom and verve, this book is an important update on Henderson's pioneering work as the world's leading advocate of a pragmatic new economics of heart and good sense." —Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and The Blade
"As we fret and worry about the growing inequity and fragility of the crisis-torn global economy, count on Hazel Henderson to shine a penetrating light on the concept of progress illuminating vital... Tovább

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Paradigms in Progress
Powerful and irreversible globalizing forces are at work. Out of ttie turbulence and momentum are emerging new sets of personal, institutional and global standards ;
pointing the way toward a more workable fiuman ecology. For tfiis evolutionary process we need new directions and expanded contexts for creating a "win-win" world and new scorecards for measuring a saner, more equitable, gender-balanced, ecologically-conscious future. Hazel Henderson, economist and human ecologist, reveals our vast potentials and possibilities.
"Written with wit, wisdom and verve, this book is an important update on Henderson's pioneering work as the world's leading advocate of a pragmatic new economics of heart and good sense." —Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and The Blade
"As we fret and worry about the growing inequity and fragility of the crisis-torn global economy, count on Hazel Henderson to shine a penetrating light on the concept of progress illuminating vital facets of life mainstream economists too often obscure or ignore."
—Morris Miller, authior Debt and Environment, former executive director, World Bank
"Hazel Henderson has the unique gift of pointing directly to the roots of our complex economic, technological, and social problems. Like a Zen master, she often expresses her radical critique in terse, provocative, and yet disarming aphorisms. Her pioneering thoughts have influenced countless scholars, politicians, and business leaders."
—Fritjof Capra, founder-president, Tlie Eimwood Institute
"Hazel Henderson has done it again: a lucid and challenging analysis of why a sustainable future demands new policies, structures, indicators and—most of all—leadership." —Don Lesh, president, Global Tomorrow Coalition
"This is the kind of clear thinking that cuts through the entrenched bias of an entire human epoch to change the world."
—Elisabet Sahtouris, author of Gala: the Human Journey from Chaos to Cosmos
"In these pages. Hazel Henderson offers us tools for surviving the 21st century. For our sake— and for the planet's—let's use them!"
—Marl< Gerzon, director, Partners, author of A Choice of Heroes
"At last—concrete steps to sustainable societies Hazel Henderson has so insightfully envisioned for two decades."
—Alice Tepper Marlin, president, Council on Economic Priorities
"This book will make a lot of people wake up to the fact that Hazel Henderson is the most innovative, vigorous—and readable!—thinker on economic and social issues of our time." —Ernest Callenbach, author of Ecotopla
"Hazel Henderson has achieved a remarkable new synthesis of what have always been taken to be irreconcilable dichotomies of economics, politics and society. The book will unquestionably provide a major new framework for designing more sane, sustainable development strategies."
—Ashok Khosia, director of Development Alternatives, New Delhi, India; chairman of the International Facilitating Committee UNCED, Brazil 1992 Vissza