Joel Magnuson

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Joel C. Magnuson is an economist based in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Mindful Economics: How the US Economy Works, Why it Matters, and How It Could Be Different (2008) and The Approaching Great Transformation: Toward a Livable Post Carbon Economy (2013), both books were published by Seven Stories Press. He is the founder of Mindful economics, an approach to economic theory and practice dedicated to institutional reform based on the core values of environmental sustainability, social justice, and stability. He is a contributing member of the Buddhist Economics Research Platform (BERP).
Mindful economics
The central premise of mindful economics is that the dominant institutions in America have created destructive social and environmental conditions, and changing these conditions requires a deep exploration and development of alternative institutions. Mindful economics is based on empirical evidence of the destructive conditions that can be found in a number of areas such as widespread environmental destruction, resource depletion, and global warming; the vast inequality of wealth and income distribution; and the banking crisis of 2008.
It is also based on empirical evidence of how people have confronted and can confront these problems directly by fostering change through the development of non-capitalist institutions. Examples of such institutions would be locally based community cooperatives, small businesses, and public institutions that are all structured around the same core values.

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