Integral Economics: Releasing the Economic Genius of Your Society

Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 11
About the Authors......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Prologue......Page 16
PART 1 ORIENTATION......Page 26
Chapter 1 Re-inventing Economics......Page 27
1.1 Introduction: Is there an Alternative to the Western Mainstream?......Page 29
1.2 Towards an Integral Economic Perspective......Page 33
1.3 Releasing Economic Gene-ius......Page 37
1.4 Conclusion: Moral Core to Living Economy......Page 40
References......Page 41
Chapter 2 Revisiting Mainstream Economics......Page 42
2.1 Introduction: The Development of Economic Analysis......Page 44
2.2 Economics of Self-Sufficiency: Stone Age Economics to Aristotle’s Autarky......Page 45
2.3 Developmental Economics: Historicism to Marxism......Page 46
2.4 The Rise and Fall of Social Economics: J.S. Mill, Institutionalism, Marginalism......Page 50
2.5 Neoliberalism to Living Economics: Smith, Keynes, Daly......Page 59
2.6 Conclusion: Towards Economic Renewal......Page 62
References......Page 64
PART 2 INSPIRATION......Page 66
Chapter 3 The Moral Economic Core......Page 67
3.1 Introduction: The Protestant Ethic as Western Moral Core......Page 69
3.2 Indigenous Moral Core: First Nation People......Page 72
3.3 Eastern Moral Core: Hindu, Buddhist, Confucian......Page 75
3.4 Northern Moral Core: Catholicism to Distributivism......Page 83
3.5 Enriched Protestant Moral Core: Quaker, New Reformation......Page 86
3.6 A Middle Eastern Moral Core: Islam......Page 89
3.7 Conclusion: Revitalizing the Moral Economic Core......Page 93
References......Page 95
Chapter 4 The Centered Enterprise......Page 97
4.1 Introduction: Sekem – Revitalizing Islamic Economics......Page 99
4.2 Self-Sufficiency: A Sustainable Community in the Desert......Page 101
4.3 Developmental: A Fusion of the Occident and the Orient......Page 103
4.4 Social: The Economics of Love......Page 104
4.5 Living: Ultimately Restoring the Earth......Page 105
4.6 Conclusion: Releasing Sekem’s Gene-ius......Page 107
References......Page 110
PART 3 TRANSFORMATION......Page 111
Chapter 5 Economic Commons......Page 112
5.1 Introduction: Community and Economics......Page 114
5.2 Revisiting the Co-production of Livelihoods......Page 115
5.3 Social Production: A Critical Review......Page 116
5.4 African Economic Humanism......Page 119
5.5 Conclusion: Economic Humanism and the Economic Commons......Page 121
References......Page 122
Chapter 6 Grassroots Economics......Page 123
6.1 Introduction: Community, Culture and Economics......Page 125
6.2 Culture and Community: A (Not Only) Mexican Perspective......Page 126
6.3 From Parochial Universe to Global Pluriverse......Page 127
6.4 From Pluriverse to Earth Democracy......Page 131
6.5 Conclusion: Economics from the Grassroots......Page 134
References......Page 136
Chapter 7 Subsistence Economics......Page 137
7.1 Introduction: Beyond Efficiency – Towards Sufficiency......Page 139
7.2 From Sufficiency to Subsistence......Page 141
7.3 Subsistence, Markets and Globalization......Page 142
7.4 Subsistence and the Commons......Page 145
7.5 From Labor to Work and Fulfillment......Page 146
7.6 Conclusion: Sufficiency and Subsistence......Page 149
References......Page 150
Chapter 8 The Social Business......Page 151
8.1 Introduction: Grameen – A Bank for the Poor......Page 153
8.2 Starting the Economic Engine at the Rear......Page 154
8.3 The Global Reach of Grameen’s Micro-Credit Approach......Page 159
8.4 Building a Self-Sufficient Economy: From Grameen Bank to Grameen Phone......Page 160
8.5 Towards the Social Business......Page 162
8.6 Conclusion: Creating a World without Poverty......Page 164
References......Page 165
Chapter 9 Co-evolutionary Economics......Page 166
9.1 Introduction: Economics and Culture......Page 168
9.2 Development Revisited: The Illusions of Progress......Page 171
9.3 Towards Co-Evolutionary Economics......Page 174
9.4 Conclusion: Re-Culturalization and the Economic Mosaic......Page 175
References......Page 178
Chapter 10 Conscious Economics......Page 180
10.1 Introduction: Economics and Wholeness......Page 182
10.2 Levels of Consciousness......Page 184
10.3 The Economics of Health, Beauty and Permanence......Page 185
10.4 Aiming for Right Livelihood......Page 186
10.5 Education, Organization and Discipline......Page 188
10.6 Conclusion: The Necessary Shift in Economic Consciousness......Page 189
References......Page 191
Chapter 11 Associative Economics......Page 192
11.1 Introduction: Culture, Politics and Economics......Page 194
11.2 The Nature and Scope of the Threefold Commonwealth......Page 195
11.3 The Liberation of Capital......Page 197
11.4 The Capital Economy......Page 202
11.5 The Metamorphosis of Capitalism......Page 203
References......Page 204
Chapter 12 The Developmental Enterprise......Page 206
12.1 Introduction: Canon – Linking Business and Consciousness......Page 208
12.2 Spirit, Heart, Mind and Body of Canon......Page 209
12.3 Towards Co-Evolution at Canon......Page 211
12.4 Conclusion: Beyond the Japanese Economic Miracle......Page 213
References......Page 216
Chapter 13 Economics of the Common Good......Page 217
13.1 Introduction: Re-interpreting Adam Smith......Page 219
13.2 Sismondi’s New Principles......Page 222
13.3 John Hobson and the Economics of Social Reform......Page 225
13.4 The Advent of Humanistic Economics......Page 227
13.5 Conclusion: Towards an Economics of the Common Good......Page 228
References......Page 230
Chapter 14 Social Learning and the Network Economy......Page 231
14.1 Introduction: From Limits to Growth to No Limits to Learning......Page 233
14.2 Network Society and Information Economy......Page 236
14.3 Overcoming Social Under-Development......Page 240
References......Page 242
Chapter 15 Open Economics......Page 244
15.1 Introduction: Economics in an Open Society......Page 246
15.2 Society and Economy Open for Improvement: The Case of India......Page 247
15.3 Economies in an Open Society......Page 249
15.4 Conclusion: The Future is Cooperative......Page 255
References......Page 256
Chapter 16 The Cooperative Enterprise......Page 257
16.1 Introduction: Mondragon – Humanity at Work......Page 259
16.2 Origins and Philosophical Foundation of Mondragon......Page 260
16.3 Building on Basque Culture and Context......Page 264
16.4 The Development of Mondragon......Page 265
16.5 Organizational Culture and Cooperative Knowledge......Page 268
16.6 Conclusion: Cooperative Remaking of Economics......Page 271
References......Page 273
Chapter 17 New Economics......Page 274
17.1 Introduction: Re-Grounding the West, from Within......Page 276
17.2 The Need for a New Economics......Page 277
17.3 New Economic Theory: Putting People First......Page 280
17.4 Revisiting the Nature of Work: Towards ‘Own Work’......Page 282
17.5 Constructing the Antithesis to the Growth Economy......Page 283
17.6 Conclusion: New Economics to a New Economic Agenda......Page 285
References......Page 286
Chapter 18 Real Economics......Page 287
18.1 Introduction: A New Economic Map, Agenda and Practice......Page 289
18.2 Caring Economics: From Domination to Partnership......Page 290
18.3 Wall Street’s Phantom Wealth versus Main Street’s Real Wealth......Page 292
18.4 Agenda for a Real Economy......Page 294
18.5 Transforming Money: Towards a New Integral Money System......Page 296
References......Page 302
Chapter 19 Well-being Economics......Page 304
19.1 Introduction: Towards Genuine Wealth......Page 306
19.2 What’s Wrong with the Picture of Progress? From GDP to GPI......Page 308
19.3 The Genuine Wealth Model......Page 309
19.4 The Genuine Wealth of Communities and Nations......Page 315
19.5 Conclusion: Towards Sustainable Development......Page 317
References......Page 318
Chapter 20 The Sustainable Enterprise......Page 319
20.1 Introduction: Interface – Giving Back to the Earth......Page 321
20.2 Ecosense: The Ecology of Commerce......Page 323
20.3 The Transformation of Interface......Page 324
20.4 The Sustainable Enterprise of the Next Industrial Revolution......Page 326
20.5 Towards the Global Benefit of the Sustainable Enterprise......Page 328
20.6 Conclusion: The Sustainable Enterprise as Part of a Global Movement for Life......Page 329
References......Page 331
PART 4 INTEGRATION......Page 333
Chapter 21 The Integral Economy......Page 334
21.1 Introduction: Activating Economic Gene-ius......Page 336
21.2 The Four Economic Paths of the Integral Economy......Page 338
21.3 A New Integral Economic Map......Page 348
21.4 Conclusion: The Fully Integral Economy – Integrating Four Worlds and Center......Page 350
References......Page 352
Chapter 22 Co-creating the Future......Page 353
22.2 Catalyze Economic Gene-ius via Integral Economy Laboratories......Page 355
22.3 Commit to a Burning Issue, Relevant Economic Path and Moral Core......Page 360
22.4 Maintain Interconnected Focus: Middle-Up-Down-Across......Page 361
22.5 Build an Integral Economic Ecosystem......Page 363
22.7 Conclusion: The Future is Integral – Let’s Make it Happen......Page 366
References......Page 367
Epilogue......Page 368
Index......Page 384