When the Market is Our Only Language

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February 22, 2019 a project of ServiceSpace The freedom of affluence opposes and contradicts the freedom of community life. - Wendell Berry - When the Market is Our Only Language Many in the West revere the creation of wealth. Anand Giridharadas wants us to examine this and how it shapes our lives together. In this challenging conversation with Krista Tippit of the podcast, On Being, he explores the moral compromises behind notions like "win-win" and "doing well by doing good." Giridharadas describes this as being an historic time similar to that of the first Gilded Age, discusses the systemic problems with reform, and how without reflection, we have accepted unjust power structures and what and who can save us. { read more } Be The Change Watch Giridharadas' speech at the Aspen Institute and consider your position on this topic and how it will inform your values and your actions. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News How to Age Gracefully Are You Walking Through Life in an Underslept State? Moshe Feldenkrais: Learn to Learn Dying to Be Me Turning Rain, Ice and Trees into Ephemeral Works Life is the Network Not the Self The Life of Death How to Be Yourself DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 244,826 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More