Clair Brown, Economist, Author of 'Buddhist Economics'

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Dan Harris, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health, Meditation

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🗓️ 5 April 2017

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Clair Brown, an economics professor at UC-Berkeley and a Tibetan Buddhist, was teaching an introductory course when she asked herself, "How would Buddha teach Econ One?" Brown went on to write the book, "Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science," and advocates for a more mindful approach to how we contribute to society, for example, that as consumers, we should work to simplify our lives by focusing on what matters most to us, buying less and reducing our carbon footprint. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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1:16.0	So we're breaking a rule on this week's podcast. We've only broken this rule once before,
1:21.0	which is that I'm going to interview somebody who's not actually with me in the studio.
1:24.7	I like to be in the room with the person. We did this once before with the guys from
1:28.4	the minimalists. And we're doing it again with Claire Brown who's a economist at UC Berkeley
1:36.2	in California. I wanted she wasn't going to be in New York City anytime soon and I really
1:40.9	wanted to get her on because she has this very interesting new book called Buddhist Economics,
1:46.6	which comes out at a very interesting time in our politics and in our economy. And she
1:53.8	really tries to imagine what would the economy be like if the Buddha was running the thing.
2:00.5	She's fascinating. She's going to say things that you may disagree with, but hear her out
2:04.9	because she's definitely thought this stuff through. Here we go. Here's Claire Brown.
2:12.4	From ABC, this is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris.
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