227) Rebecca Henderson: ‘Reimagining capitalism in a world on fire’
Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration
Kaméa Chayne
4.8 • 694 Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2020
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Rebecca Henderson is an economist, researcher, Harvard professor, and author of the new book, Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire.
In this podcast episode, Rebecca Henderson sheds light on the role of purpose-driven businesses in our world today; what'll it take for us to keep the creative freedom, opportunities, and ability to realize our potentials that many people believe capitalism enables, while not ending up with a cut-throat society that fails to have basic human decency in ensuring people and our environments are not exploited for monetary profit; and more.
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| 1:04.4 | This month, Green Dreamer is also sponsored by my favorite tea brand, Arbor Tees. |
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| 1:44.3 | Everyone's success is contingent on the success of the society in which they're embedded. |
| 1:50.4 | This idea that we should only care about ourselves and not care about the fact that some people |
| 1:55.8 | having to work two jobs and have no spare time and can't spend time with their kids, I mean, |
| 2:00.5 | I think there are |
| 2:01.6 | issues of justice and equity and what kind of society we want to live in as well. |
| 2:08.6 | That was Rebecca Henderson, an economist, a researcher, Harvard professor, and the author of |
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